The Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel (Advisory Panel) is convened by the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Environmental Tracking and Biomonitoring programs three times per year. This panel consists of public health and environmental experts that provide recommendations on MDH’s priorities and activities. A big topic in the water resources sphere currently is […]
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Potential Biomonitoring of PFAS in Minnesota – Feb. 8th Panel
January 27th, 2022 
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January 11th, 2022 Abby The Health Risk Assessment Unit of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has announced that they will hold a virtual public meeting on the Health Risk Limit Rules amendments on: Wednesday, February 2nd from 3-4 pm. This informational meeting will provide a general overview of the rulemaking process in Minnesota and MDH’s plans for amending […]
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Recent Local Updates
January 21st, 2021 knowtheflow Three local updates were recently published, including an announcement of a free watershed PREP class for educators to use, an update on the North and East Metro Groundwater Management Area, and the January 2021 Mississippi Watershed Management Organization newsletter. See below for brief descriptions of these updates and links to learn more! The West Metro […]
Posted in Announcements, Good to Know, Grants and Applications, Newsletters, Pollution Prevention, Stormwater, Uncategorized, Videos, Workshops and Classes Comments Off on Recent Local UpdatesMessage to Noncommunity Public Water Systems
April 13th, 2020 knowtheflow The Minnesota Department of Health has issued another message to all noncommunity public water systems: “The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Drinking Water Protection program recognizes that you face exceptional pressures in operating your facilities and businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak. Understanding the pressures that you face, we want to provide you pertinent information so you can continue […]
UPDATE on Upcoming Well and Septic Class
October 21st, 2019 knowtheflow Due to scheduling conflicts, the previously announced Well and Septic Class has been moved from Tuesday, March 10th to Thursday, March 12th. It has been updated on our original post and our calendar. Hope you can make it! Referenced post: https://www.knowtheflow.us/2019/10/march-well-and-septic-maintenance-training/
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October 18th, 2019 knowtheflow Save the date! Another opportunity for a well and septic maintenance training is coming up in March 2020! Do you own your own well? How about a septic system? Do you wish you had a better idea of how to take care of them? Then you should plan on attending this upcoming class! Attendees with […]
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St. Cloud Phosphorous Recovery
October 15th, 2019 knowtheflow Check out this cool video the City of St. Cloud recently produced to illustrate the process of recovering phosphorous from their wastewater! “In 2017, the Clean Water Fund provided partial support to the City of St. Cloud through the Public Facilities Authority’s Point Source Implementation Grant (PSIG) program. The grant supported upgrades to the city’s […]
EPA Risk Assessment & Emergency Response Planning
October 15th, 2019 knowtheflow Calling all community water systems – do you have questions about the ERP (Emergency Response Plan) required by the EPA? There is a free training coming up on October 29th, 2019. The training will be held in Chicago, but you can attend via webinar. You must register by October 22nd, 2019. ” The U.S. Environmental […]
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Fire Prevention Week 2019
October 8th, 2019 knowtheflow This week (October 6th – 12th, 2019) is Fire Prevention Week – is your household prepared? Did you know that you only have about 1-2 minutes to evacuate your home after the alarm sounds? The timeline in a fire moves much more quickly than you might think – click here for a descriptive explanation of […]
Lakeshore Restoration/Management Video
October 5th, 2019 knowtheflow Are you a part of a lake association? Are you interested in learning more about lakeshore restoration and management? An animated, informative video (similar to the groundwater one recently published) on lakeshore restoration and management is in the works! The video will help explain the benefits of a restored shoreline, go over the various potential […]
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