Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.
Water program

• Overview
• Ongoing projects and studies (1 items)
• Completed projects and studies (7 items)
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Overview

The Environmental Quality Board is charged with coordinating state water resource management activities. It is responsible for developing the state water plan, a state water monitoring plan, biennial water policy and priorities reports, and biennial reports on trends in water quality and availability and research needs.

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Ongoing projects and studies

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• Minnesota River integrated watershed, water quality and ecosystem restoration study: The Environmental Quality Board co-chairs this federal – state study to provide the river community with new tools for understanding how local water and land use choices affect the basin. (Project record)

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Completed projects and studies

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• State water plan: The Environmental Quality Board is charged with initiating, coordinating, and developing a comprehensive long-range water resources planning report, to be completed every 10 years. (Project record)
• Interagency water monitoring technical workgroup : An interagency group of water monitoring technical experts meets on a regular basis to ensure efficiency and interagency coordination. (Project record)
• Groundwater technical workgroup: DNR led a team of expert hydrologists to evaluate tools for sustainability. (Project record)
• Managing for water sustainability: report of the EQB Water Availability project: Calls for important new steps to protect the state’s water supplies, December 11, 2008. (1.1 M, PDF) | Report details
• Water availability project: Enviromental Quality Board sets course for water sustainability. (Project record)
• Clean Water Cabinet: The Environmental Quality Board worked with and through Clean Water Cabinet to accomplish its water mission. (Project record)
• Biennial water priorities report: Minnesota Statutes directs the Environmental Quality Board to coordinate state water programs and develop a biennial water policy and priorities report. (Project record)

Environmental Quality Board, 520 Lafayette Road North, Saint Paul, MN 55155