Anoka County Community Development has Agricultural Best Management Practices (AgBMP) Loans available for water quality improvements. Loans are limited to $200,00 for a maximum of ten (10) years at an interest rate of 3%. Loans can be used to repair or seal water wells and repair or replace a septic system at homes and commercial […]
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Low interest loans available for well and septic fix-up
March 18th, 2016 
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Order your rain barrel & compost bin to recycle rainwater and reduce waste
March 11th, 2016 knowtheflow Have you ever watched a river of rainwater run down your driveway into the gutter, ditch, or storm sewer? Collecting rain-soft roof runoff in a barrel is a good way to reuse/conserve high quality water. Rain barrels have been around for thousands of years, but today people are re-discovering that they also protect our local water while saving […]
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So, you think you know your property. Do you have an old well?
February 24th, 2016 knowtheflow Many Anoka County residents and businesses would be surprised to learn that an old well is hidden or buried in the basement or on their property. Old wells that have not been properly sealed become a serious hazard to the quality of groundwater and the safety of the community’s drinking water supply. Minnesota law requires […]
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4th grade teachers! – register for the metro area childen’s water fest
February 23rd, 2016 knowtheflow Each year over 1,200 fourth-grade students have attended the annual Metro Area Children’s Water Festival since 1998. That’s over 21,000 students that participated in this unique education program. It may seem like a drop in the 4th-grade lake – but that drop creates ripples around the twin-cities and changes in tomorrow’s citizen’s about our local water resources. CWF is […]
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February 16th, 2016 knowtheflow Announcing the Use Water Wisely Poster Contest. The H2O for Life/Race 2 Reduce organization has an opportunity for students to use their talent to encourage wise us of our water resources. Learn about the issue, make a poster, and enter to win a prize as well as community recognition of your talent/message. All entries must […]
Avoiding Lead Contamination in Water
February 5th, 2016 knowtheflow Public water supply systems have been involved in monitoring water within households since the implementation of the federal Lead and Copper Rule in the early 1990s. Lead is rarely present in drinking water at its source (groundwater or rivers). Instead, it works its way into water through connections, plumbing and fixtures – containing lead – on […]
Waterspot on the National Flood Insurance Program
January 21st, 2016 knowtheflow In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in response to the rising cost of taxpayer funded disaster relief for flood victims and the increasing amount of damage caused by floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manages the NFIP. Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) were first produced in the early 1970s for […]
Waterspot on School Forests
January 8th, 2016 knowtheflow The School Forest Program is a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and schools that provide a variety of outdoor education activities. Dr. C.V. Hobson, a former Bemidji State University geography professor and state legislator, is credited with creating the School Forest concept and promoting the School Forest Law (MN Statutes, Section 89.41), […]
Order trees & shrubs
January 4th, 2016 knowtheflow The Anoka Conservation District is excepting preorders for the annual Tree and Shrub Sale. The District offers a wide variety of native stock, including black cherry trees, mixed oak trees, red maple trees, and white pine trees. The trees and shrubs are sold in bare root seedlings or transplants and most are 10″ to 24″ in height. They […]
Waterspot on the Minnesota Well Index
December 30th, 2015 knowtheflow Recently the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) launched an improved online database called the Minnesota Well Index (Index) of home and cabin water well construction records. The MDH protects the safety of drinking water by establishing standards for the location, construction and maintenance of water supply wells at homes, cabins and public water supply systems. In Anoka County […]
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