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Water scarcity presents opportunity for Minnesota companies

Water scarcity presents opportunity for Minnesota companies

Although concerns about sustainable water use is usually considered a problem, they also can present a business opportunity. That’s the topic for a “water technology summit” the state Department of Employment and Economic Development is holding on Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Can we fill up our underground water supply with stormwater?

Can we fill up our underground water supply with stormwater?

One way to relieve pressure on Minnesota’s groundwater would be to make better use of stormwater and the spring melt. Or is it?
by Dave Peters

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Health facilities could use more local food than schools

Health facilities could use more local food than schools

Two studies in northwestern Minnesota show the health care institutions can be a bigger market for local food than schools but that so far most producers of specialty crops prefer to stick with direct sales like farmers markets.
by Dave Peters

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This nitrate chart looks worrisome. Is it?

This nitrate chart looks worrisome. Is it?

A rising percentage of new wells in Minnesota hit nitrate-contaminated water. It needs to be watched.
by Dave Peters

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$100 million broadband bill at least will make waves

$100 million broadband bill at least will make waves

For the first time, legislators are proposing to put state money into broadband infrastructure.
by Dave Peters

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Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

The short answer is he or she doesn’t very often. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge To a number of questioners in the Public Insight Network, it seems an anomaly that Minnesota experiences two things that seem contradictory: a lot of irrigation and a lot of land drained to dry it out. A Read more →
by Dave Peters

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