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State Funded Best Management Practices - BWSR (eLINK)
This layer represents locations of best management practices (BMPs) reported to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) via the eLINK grant reporting system from 2003 to... -
Surface Waters Assessed for Chloride
The MPCA and its partners systematically evaluate waters in each major watershed in Minnesota every 10 years. This process begins with comprehensive lake and stream water... -
MCES Stream and River Monitoring Sites
This layer contains point locations for each of the Metropolitan Council's stream and river monitoring sites. Many of the sites are inactive but historic data is still... -
Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) Licensed Businesses
Subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS) work in Minnesota must be completed by licensed businesses under the supervision of certified individuals (with certain licensure... -
MPCA Wastewater Program - Groundwater Monitoring Sites
Wastewater permits can have groundwater monitoring stations. Many of the groundwater monitoring requirements are part of Large Subsurfance Sewage System (LSTS) permits, but any... -
MCES Lake Monitoring Sites
This layer contains point locations for each of the Metropolitan Council's lake monitoring sites. Many of the sites are inactive but historic data is still available on the... -
DNR/MPCA Cooperative Stream Gaging Locations
MNDNR and MPCA Cooperative Stream Monitoring Locations extracted from KISTER'S Water Information Systems (WISKI) time series database. Data collected at these locations may... -
Water Quality Stressors Identified
This data was created as a result of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) biological stressor identification process (SID). Biological stressors are determined after... -
Surface Water Stations - MPCA Environmental Data Access
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) surface water monitoring station locations, including lake, stream, biological and discharge. Locations of United States Geological... -
Current Stream Water Units in Minnesota
A two-dimensional representation of all streams within the State of Minnesota, with associated attributes. This data set is built on the 24,000 National Hydrography Dataset.... -
Comprehensive Stream WIDs
A two-dimensional representation of stream linework within the State of Minnesota, with associated attributes. This dataset contains both current and past Water Unit IDs. This... -
State Funded Conservation Easements (RIM Reserve)
Conservation easements are a critical component of the state’s efforts to improve water quality by reducing soil erosion, phosphorus and nitrogen loading, and improving wildlife... -
River Nutrient Standards
This dataset contains two data layers: River Nutrient Regions, Minnesota and River Nutrient Regions Standards WIDs, Minnesota. The River Nutrient Region dataset shows the river... -
River TSS Standards
This dataset contains two data layers: River Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Standards WIDS and TSS Regions. The TSS Regions dataset contain Water quality standards for TSS are... -
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Watershed Restoration and Protection Stra...
A polygon feature class used to map the spatial extent of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) projects and Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) areas in Minnesota.... -
Remote Sensing Analysis of Crop Residue Levels and Cover Crop Emergence
Soil loss on agricultural fields from wind and water erosion reduces soil productivity. Delivery of eroded sediment to nearby water resources causes turbidity and phosphorus... -
Impaired Waterbodies, Minnesota, 2024
This is a set of the impaired waterbodies as determined by MPCA's surface water quality assessment process, approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on... -
Assessed Waters, Minnesota, 2024
This is the set of the waterbodies assessed by MPCA's surface water quality assessment process for the 2024 303(d)/305(b) integrated report to EPA.Please consult the metadata of... -
Buffer Protection Map, Minnesota
These data represent public waters and public ditches that require permanent vegetation buffers or alternative riparian water quality practices. The buffer map data comprise two... -
Impaired Waterbodies, Minnesota, Proposed 2024
This is a set of the impaired waterbodies as determined by MPCA's surface water quality assessment process for the 2024 reporting cycle to US Environmental Protection Agency...
