water pollution – East Metro Water

Salting the Earth

By: angiehongmn November 26, 2019November 25, 2019

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Dec. 2 presentation will highlight impacts of road salt on local water resources When the City of Carthage fell at the end of the Third Punic War, 146 BC, victorious Romans pulled Phoenecian ships out of the harbor and set them on fire before moving through the city, house to house, rounding up and selling…

Surprising sources of mercury in Minnesota lakes

By: angiehongmn November 25, 2019

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DEAR WATERSHED EXPERT: What is the leading cause of water pollution in Minnesota? DEAR WONDERING WATER-LOVER: You might be surprised to learn that mercury from the air is, by far, the leading source of pollution in our lakes and rivers. Ninety-nine percent of the mercury in our lakes and rivers comes from atmospheric deposition. This…

Land wanted – Must have bugs

By: angiehongmn August 8, 2019August 29, 2019

Groundwater, Keeping water clean, Outdoor Adventures, Wildlife, Yards and Landscapingfeatured, groundwater, insects, pesticides, water pollutionLeave a Comment

I’m standing in the middle of a prairie making a conference call on my cellphone because that’s what working moms do. Every few minutes, I catch a glimpse of my son as he lopes into view, diving into the bee balm and through the black-eyed susans. Then suddenly he appears directly in front of me and,…

Minnesotans Call for New Legislation to Promote Smart Salting

By: angiehongmn February 7, 2018

Aquatic Biology, Groundwater, Keeping water cleanclean water, groundwater, lakes, road salt, streams, water pollution, WaterShed Partners1 Comment

Written in partnership with Watershed Partners: http://www.cleanwatermn.org More than ten years ago, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) came to a frightening realization. After testing lakes and streams in the Twin Cities metro area, they discovered that chloride levels in many were climbing, and that some were already too salty to support fish. Further testing…

Hardy Minnesotans Not Going to Let Water Pollution Win

By: angiehongmn February 2, 2018

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The state has 11,842 lakes and 69,000 miles of rivers and streams, and Minnesotans intend to hunt, fish, boat and swim every one of those water bodies.

New Approaches to Help Farmers Make a Living and Protect Our Water Resources

By: angiehongmn March 20, 2017

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Community supported agriculture helps people to better know their local farmers and also provides growers with a stable and predictable income from year to year.

Skip Raking This Fall

By: angiehongmn November 1, 2016

Yards and Landscapingfall, lawns, leaf raking, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Leaves contain vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium that turf grass and other plants need to grow. Also, leaves, are free and readily available.

A chat about scat

By: angiehongmn April 20, 2016

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Are you four years old? Forty-four years old? Do you like to talk about poop? Come on, admit it. Poop is a little bit funny isn’t it? Two years ago we went on vacation to Jamaica. My son, who was two at the time, had just learned how to use the toilet three weeks before…

Measuring progress toward cleaner lakes and streams in Washington County

By: angiehongmn June 25, 2015

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One solution in Washington County is a new web-based mapping tool that tracks small-scale habitat and water improvement projects that reduce non-point source water pollution.

South Washington Watershed District adapts to changing times and new challenges

By: angiehongmn June 16, 2015

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New development continues to be one of the biggest challenge facing the watershed.