The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's proposed rule for reducing nitrate levels in groundwater in farm country is formally on hold at least until next year.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will hold its final meeting with the Little Rock Creek Watershed committee Wednesday. The meeting is the final formal gathering between the two groups.
Central Minnesota residents interested in the Little Rock Creek watershed are invited to another meeting tomorrow (Wednesday). More than 100 residents turned out for a January meeting to discuss sustainable groundwater use in the Little Rock Creek area of Benton and Morrison counties.
A new report says up to 60 percent of the groundwater monitoring wells sampled across central Minnesota are contaminated with nitrates well above the safe drinking water standard.
The Minnesota DNR is inviting you to an information meeting and discussion about sustainable groundwater use in the Little Rock Creek area of Benton and Morrison counties.
The state Department of Natural Resources is trying to figure out whether current levels of groundwater use are sustainable and whether action is needed to protect water availability in the future.
Regulators are holding a series of open houses around Minnesota to give people the chance to review and comment on a proposed statewide strategy for reducing phosphorus and nitrogen escaping into surface and groundwater.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has created a new Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan to help prevent groundwater contamination due to nitrogen fertilizer.