Minnesota is implementing a unified plan to protect and conserve water throughout the state. The plan, Minnesota Watermarks, ignores political boundaries. Instead, it is organized as the water flows into seven major water basins. Developed under the leadership of the Environmental Quality Board and its Water Resources Committee with interagency teams, it reflects the unique environmental conditions of each water basin, as well as statewide conditions. 

The 10-year program is described in a report, Minnesota Watermarks: Gauging the Flow of Progress 2000-2010.