(UPDATE 11/5/2013) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report on the Importance of Water to the U.S. Economy (PDF, 37 pp, 2MB). The report highlights water’s importance to our national economic welfare, and summarizes information necessary to understand and manage water resources. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released their Draft Groundwater Strategic Plan (GWSP) to […]
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Comments invited on the Minnesota Strategic Plan for Groundwater Management
October 30th, 2013 
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Residents urged to ACT for drinking water protection
July 31st, 2013 knowtheflow Acknowledge, Consider, Take action The Anoka County Municipal Wellhead Protection Group urges you to take three steps (Acknowledge, Consider and Take Action) to protect our important groundwater resource and the source of your drinking water. 1. ACKNOWLEDGE that preventing ground water pollution protects the water that we drink Everyone Our lifestyle is due, in part, to […]
Posted in Announcements, City of Anoka, City of Blaine, City of Centerville, City of Circle Pines, City of Fridley, City of Lexington, City of Lino Lakes, City of Spring Lake Park, Wellhead Protection Comments Off on Residents urged to ACT for drinking water protectionDedication & tour of the Blaine Preserve – July 25th at 6:30 p.m.
July 13th, 2013 knowtheflow A rare piece of Anoka County’s natural history, including nearly a dozen threatened and endangered plants, is being preserved as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) dedicates a Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) in Blaine on Thursday, July 25th at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to a guided tour of the site to […]
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Drinking water quality reports are available
July 1st, 2013 knowtheflow Drinking water is generally in good shape at Anoka County’s community water supply systems, according to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Drinking Water Annual Report 2012. Highlighted in the report is completion of the first phase of a new water and stand-alone wastewater system in East Bethel. “Water is the key to development” said […]
Posted in Announcements, City of Andover, City of Anoka, City of Blaine, City of Centerville, City of Circle Pines, City of Columbia Heights, City of Coon Rapids, City of East Bethel, City of Fridley, City of Lexington, City of Lino Lakes, City of Oak Grove, City of Ramsey, City of Saint Francis, City of Spring Lake Park Comments Off on Drinking water quality reports are availableAnoka County Municipal Wellhead Protection Group receives Governor’s Award
June 4th, 2013 knowtheflow (June 4, 2014) Lieutenant Governor Prettner Solon presented the Anoka County Municipal Wellhead Protection Group (ACMWPG) with a Source Water Protection Award for their success in protecting the groundwater source of drinking water for eight communities. The Group is comprised of the cities of Anoka, Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Fridley, Lexington, Lino Lakes, and Spring Lake Park […]
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Seal old wells to protect groundwater and nearby drinking water wells
April 16th, 2013 knowtheflow Property owners in the wellhead protection areas of pubic water supply wells are urged to perform a voluntary well survey. Until properly sealed, unused (abandoned) wells threaten the safety of nearby active wells. Abandoned wells within the wellhead protection area of a public supply well (known as the Drinking Water Supply Management Area – see […]
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Plan ahead to celebrate Arbor Day
March 24th, 2013 knowtheflow Governor Dayton has proclaimed April 26, 2013 as Arbor Day and May 2013 as Arbor Month. Each year, on the last Friday of April, and throughout the month of May, Minnesotans recognize the value of trees, forests and the natural resources they represent. Trees brighten the environment by moderating climate, improving air and water quality, conserving water […]
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Water Supply Sustainability (a League of Women Voters forum)
March 13th, 2013 knowtheflow The League of Women Voters ABC (Anoka, Blaine and Coon Rapids) held a forum on Water Supply Sustainability in the North Metro (Monday, March 11th). Participants heard presentations by Lanya Ross, Principal Environmental Scientist with the Metropolitan Council and Jamie Schurbon, Water Resource Specialist with the Anoka Conservation District. More information about water resource issues discussed […]
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Rain gardens are improving water quality
December 21st, 2012 knowtheflow Rain gardens are a cost-effective best management practice (BMP) to reduce storm water runoff pollution from reaching water resources. Rain gardens reduce the degradation of water bodies by holding and infiltrating storm-water runoff that would otherwise drain (untreated) to the creek. SAND CREEK RAIN GARDENS (Coon Creek Watershed District) Nine (9) curb-cut rain gardens were […]
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Celebrating 40 years of the Clean Water Act in Anoka County
October 15th, 2012 knowtheflow Forty years ago, public concern about untreated sewage, industrial and toxic discharges, and contaminated stormwater runoff led to passage of a principal law to protect the nation’s waters – the Clean Water Act (CWA). Based on state and local efforts, CWA sets a national goal “to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of […]
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