Content Type: Blog Post

A rain simulator in use near U.S. Bank Stadium.

Which surfaces generate the most pollution in downtown Minneapolis?

You can’t stop pollution unless you know where it’s coming from. And in the case of downtown Minneapolis, it could be coming from seemingly anywhere. The city’s dense urban center […]
October 2, 2017
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Master Water Stewards and community volunteers stenciling a storm drain.

Master Water Stewards program develops community leaders for clean water

Master Water Stewards Sam Talbot and Marilyn Jones recently took advantage of a National Night Out get-together in the Seward neighborhood in south Minneapolis to engage and educate the community […]
September 25, 2017
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City of Minneapolis erosion monitoring interns driving to a construction site.

In Minneapolis, interns patrol the streets for signs of pollution

Preventing pollution isn’t easy in a city as large and highly developed as Minneapolis. The city has 28,000 storm drains, and each one provides a pathway for pollutants to travel […]
September 19, 2017
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An aerial view of flooding in Port Arthur, Texas, on August 31, 2017.

After Hurricane Harvey, time to plan for a changing climate?

It’s not everyday that arcane subjects like land use and zoning find their way into the national news cycle, but these are extraordinary times. The flooding that followed in the […]
September 12, 2017
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Michael Chaney of Project Sweetie Pie.

Urban agriculture spawns North Side enterprise

Story and photos courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Poet/activist Michael Chaney may best be known for the greening of North Minneapolis through Project Sweetie Pie, the urban agriculture and advocacy nonprofit […]
August 16, 2017
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MWMO and Barr Engineering staff collecting sediment samples in Old Bassett Creek Tunnel.

Uncovering the Condition of the Old Bassett Creek Tunnel

Beneath the streets of Minneapolis, an old stream bed winds its way through a stormtunnel from Bassett Creek, just west of downtown, all the way to the Mississippi River. Earlier […]
August 2, 2017
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Master Water Stewards stormwater project hits close to home

By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern Raised near the Mississippi River, Tessa Anttila has always had a great appreciation for water. Because of her Native American roots, she felt protective of […]
July 5, 2017
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How a teacher used a rain garden to promote hands-on learning

Few teachers would tolerate students standing on their desks and shouting, much less encourage it. But for science teacher Yosefa Carriger, nothing is off the table if it will help […]
June 29, 2017
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Green Team Alumni Intern, Yengsoua Lee, out on the boat with the MWMO monitoring team.

From Mississippi River Green Team to MWMO intern: Yengsoua’s avenue to success

By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern This summer, the MWMO welcomed a Mississippi River Green Team alumni intern: Yengsoua Lee. After spending two years on the Mississippi River Green Team from […]
June 27, 2017
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