Water

Water shortages and problems around Minnesota — and the country — have many wondering what is the true cost of clean and reliable water. This reporting is supported in part by The Water Main, a project of American Public Media.

October 2, 2012 4:00 AM

Lake residents turn increasingly to taxes to fight aquatic invaders

More Minnesota lake residents have begun creating lake improvement districts to tax themselves and fight aquatic invasive species.

by Dan Gunderson

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October 1, 2012 4:00 AM

Outcry as MPCA considers allowing more emissions by Mpls. metal shredder

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will vote Monday on whether to require an environmental impact study for a north Minneapolis metal shredding company that wants to increase emissions. Over the objections of some neighbors and several concerned agencies, the MPCA staff has recommended against the impact study.

by Rupa Shenoy

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September 28, 2012 9:28 AM

MPR News photos of the week

University Avenue businesses spruced up in anticipation of the under-construction light rail line, apple producers face a tough harvest, and truckers stage a protest in downtown Duluth. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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September 27, 2012 2:17 PM

Report: Healthier Mississippi River faces plenty of issues

The National Park Service and Friends of the Mississippi River have issued a "State of the River" report on the upper Mississippi River as it flows through Minneapolis and St. Paul.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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September 25, 2012 2:06 PM

Minn. adds 511 bodies of water to impaired list

Minnesota is adding another 511 lakes and river segments to its list of impaired waters and taking 13 water bodies off the list.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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September 17, 2012 7:19 PM

Duluth Metals anticipates approval for drilling permits

A company involved with developing a controversial mine near the Boundary Waters expects to receive permits Thursday to do more exploration in the area.

by Dan Kraker

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August 20, 2012 8:20 AM

A frog’s life

Climate change and human intervention are helping a new frog hop into Minnesota and the Dakotas.

by Dan Gunderson

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August 3, 2012 2:06 PM

Minn. River tested for low oxygen levels

Scientists with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are taking water samples from the Minnesota River Friday to see if there's enough oxygen in the river to support aquatic life.

by Laura Yuen

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July 17, 2012 1:00 PM

Deformed Minnesota frogs still largely a mystery 17 years later

After seventeen years of sleuthing, scientists still have not solved the mystery of what caused frogs to develop abnormally in a south central Minnesota pond. The biologist who led the research tells the story in her new book.

by Stephanie Hemphill