Content Type: Blog Post

Screen shot from the "Watershed" music video.

Everything you need to know about chloride pollution, in the form of a music video

By day, Mark Pedelty, Tim Gustafson and Robert Poch are professors at the University of Minnesota. By night, the trio form The Hypoxic Punks, an environmentally conscious folk-punk band spreading […]
February 15, 2018
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Project partners at Hall's Island.

Great partnerships made 2017 a successful year for the MWMO

As we consider our accomplishments over the past year, it’s always tempting to think in terms of numbers: how many big projects were completed, how many ribbon-cuttings or ground-breakings were […]
December 28, 2017
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EcoVillage Apartments in the Hawthorne Neighborhood in North Minneapolis.

EcoVillage Apartments makes green living affordable in North Minneapolis

Last month in North Minneapolis, a remarkable new housing complex welcomed its first residents. EcoVillage Apartments offers 75 units of affordable housing designed with green building technologies and eco-friendly landscaping. […]
December 4, 2017
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An erosion pin on the river bank at Riverfront Regional Park in Fridley.

Fighting erosion and restoring shoreline at Riverfront Regional Park

We are fortunate to have an abundance of parkland along the Mississippi River as it runs through our watershed. These parks are great places to visit, but they also serve […]
November 28, 2017
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Master Water Stewards standing next to cistern.

Friends Turn Stormwater Problem Into a Cistern Solution

Story and photos courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Where once rainwater pooled on a patio, now a series of gardens flourish at the T. Rex Coffee and Cookie Café on University […]
November 14, 2017
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Students painting a watershed trash can mural.

Art project inspires community to protect the Mississippi River

She’d had enough! Rebecca Krueger, a Columbia Heights resident, artist, and art educator, was thoroughly frustrated with the amount of trash she found in her neighborhood. Blowing litter and other […]
November 6, 2017
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Parishioners at the rain garden ceremony at Judson Memorial Baptist Church.

Church’s rain garden project empowers and educates all ages

Judson Memorial Baptist Church, a congregation on the southwest side of the MWMO watershed, recently installed three rain gardens — and started growing water stewards of all ages in the […]
October 25, 2017
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East Side Water Watch students holding a dragonfly.

East Side Neighborhood Services youth become ‘water watchers’

Like many of us, James Taborda-Whitt hadn’t spent much time thinking about the value of the Mississippi River and its surrounding watershed. Sure, it’s one of the largest rivers in […]
October 5, 2017
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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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