water pollution – East Metro Water

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

Keeping water cleanclean water, clean water grants, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, Forest Lake, middle st. croix watershed management organization, Minnesota, Minnesota lakes, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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

Keeping water cleanCommunity Supported Agriculture, farming, sustainable agriculture, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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

Keeping water cleandog poop, E. coli, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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

Keeping water cleanclean water, non-point source pollution, voluntary projects, Washington Conservation District, Washington County, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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

Keeping water clean, Partners and Updatesflooding, groundwater, south washington watershed district, stormwater pollution, water conservation, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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

Stormwater Detective

By: angiehongmn February 23, 2015

Keeping water cleanillicit discharges, stormwater pollution, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Even now, contractors frequently empty dirty wash water from carpet cleaning or wash cement off of tools straight into storm drains that connect directly to the lakes and rivers we swim in and fish from.

Minnesota Fairytale

By: angiehongmn February 2, 2015

Keeping water cleanclean water, lakes, legacy amendment, rivers, water pollutionLeave a Comment

By the summer’s end, many of the formerly beautiful lakes in the kingdom were green instead of blue, creating most un-picturesque backdrops for the grand ball the king and queen hosted each year.

As the Water Drop Rolls

By: angiehongmn January 7, 2015

Uncategorizedalgae, Brown's Creek Watershed District, Carnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, middle st. croix watershed management organization, phosphorus, ramsey washington metro watershed district, rice creek watershed district, south washington watershed district, Valley Branch Watershed District, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Elsewhere across the east metro, homeowners wielding shovels and pitchforks laid traps, disguised as ornamental landscaping, to keep nutrients and other pollutants out of local waterways.