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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.

Heat brings more reports of dead fish in Minnesota lakes

Heat brings more reports of dead fish in Minnesota lakes

It's not uncommon for the DNR to get reports of large numbers of dead fish floating in Minnesota lakes in spring and summer. But fish die-offs have been more frequent and widespread than usual, as temperatures soared to record highs in June across much of Minnesota.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Line 3 foes worry increased pumping could threaten Minn. water

Line 3 foes worry increased pumping could threaten Minn. water

An amended dewatering permit allows Enbridge Energy, the company building the new pipeline along a new route in northern Minnesota, to temporarily pump about 10 times more shallow groundwater from the construction area than it had originally planned.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Hot weather fuels early algae blooms on Minnesota lakes

Hot weather fuels early algae blooms on Minnesota lakes

Blue-green algae typically doesn’t make its unsightly appearance on Minnesota lakes until August. But this summer has been anything but typical.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Coming soon to an atlas near you: A fifth ocean

Coming soon to an atlas near you: A fifth ocean

National Geographic has recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean. The cartographic update doesn't surprise researchers who study the importance of the waters surrounding Antarctica.
by Karen Zamora, Justine Kenin and Emma Bowman

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Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters fighting the Enbridge Energy company’s push to replace an aging oil pipeline across northern Minnesota maintained a blockade at a pump station Tuesday as part of a summer drive to stop the project before it can go into service.
by Evan Frost and The Associated Press

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Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Hundreds of activists gathered Monday near the headwaters of the Mississippi River to protest the ongoing construction of the new pipeline, which will replace a line that's been carrying Canadian tar sands oil across northern Minnesota since the 1960s.
by Dan Kraker and Evan Frost

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EPA alerts Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Band that PolyMet mine 'may affect' their waters

EPA alerts Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Band that PolyMet mine 'may affect' their waters

The EPA is required, under the Clean Water Act, to alert a state if it determines a project in another state might have the potential to affect its water quality. The mine would be located near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes on the eastern side of the Iron Range in northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Study: As temps warm, lakes' deep waters are losing oxygen

Study: As temps warm, lakes' deep waters are losing oxygen

Researchers found a widespread decline in oxygen in both the surface water of most lakes and especially in deep water, a trend that could lead to a loss of biodiversity.
by Kirsti Marohn

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