WATER POLLUTION

See also NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITS; WATER CONSERVATION

Abatement or control property, equipment, or devices

Defined as project, Minn. Statutes 2025 469.153

Personal property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 272.02, 272.025

Qualifying property, Minn. Statutes 2025 272.02

Agricultural pollution

Agricultural water quality certification program, Minn. Statutes 2025 17.9891 to 17.993

Generally, see AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS

Sources, see CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

Water and Soil Resources Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 103C.401

Water quality certification, see AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Ballast water management

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.1701

Plan for, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.1703

Record book requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.1705

Clean water, lands, and legacy amendment, Minn. Const. art 11 s 15

Clean water fund

Establishment of, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.303

Priority funding plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.50

Project requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.50

Clean Water Legacy Act

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.05 to 114D.50

Public Facilities Authority loans, Minn. Statutes 2025 446A.075

Community health boards, duties delegated to, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.07

Control

Biological nutrient treatment technology, municipal and industrial investment incentive, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.426

Enforcement, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.071

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.075

Grants, see WATER POLLUTION CONTROL GRANTS

Information, altering or concealing, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.075

Laboratories, certification, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.84

Loans, see WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LOANS

Monitoring, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.075

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.42

Property, equipment, or devices for, Minn. Statutes 2025 272.02, 272.025, 469.153

Regulatory certainty,wastewater treatment technology incentive, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.426

State water pollution control program, Minn. Statutes 2025 116.16

Statewide drinking water contamination mitigation program, Minn. Statutes 2025 115B.245

Damage caused by, costs, payment, property taxes, excess levies, Minn. Statutes 2025 275.065

Definitions

Clean Water Legacy Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15

Metropolitan government, Minn. Statutes 2025 473.121

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.01

Discharge, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.061

Effluent standards, classification, waters of the state, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.44

Enforcement of law

Delayed enforcement, voluntary self-reporting, Minn. Statutes 2025 114C.40

Natural Resources Department, enforcement officers, Minn. Statutes 2025 97A.205

Public health requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.989 to 144.993

Remedies, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.071

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments, wastewater treatment, system of charges, Minn. Statutes 2025 473.519

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.08

Great Lakes Commission, combating pollution, Minn. Statutes 2025 1.21

Great Lakes protection fund, Minn. Statutes 2025 116Q.01, 116Q.02

Groundwater, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Hazardous waste, see HAZARDOUS WASTE

Health Department, rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12

Impaired waters, restoration

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15

Funding, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.50

Identification, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15 to 114D.50

Local governments, goals and policies, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20

Priority funding plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.50

Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.10

State agencies, goals and policies, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20

Industrial development projects, see Projects under INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

Inspection and investigation, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.671

Lawsuits

Attorney general expenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.072

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.071

Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 541.075

Littering, see LITTERING

Local water management, coordination, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20, 114D.26, 114D.35, 114D.47

Local water management and accountability oversight, Minn. Statutes 2025 103B.102

Marine toilets, Minn. Statutes 2025 86B.325, 86B.535

Mediation, violations, water pollution control, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.071

Metropolitan area towns, control and regulation, Minn. Statutes 2025 368.01

Microplastics, defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.01

Nanoplastics, defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.01

National pollutant discharge elimination system permit, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.03, 609.671

Notice of, requiring, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.061

Nuclear waste, see RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Nuisances, Minn. Statutes 2025 97C.065

Nutrients in cleaning agents, see Nutrients in under DETERGENTS

Nutrients in water conditioners, Minn. Statutes 2025 116.21 to 116.35

Orders, sewage, prohibited deposits, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.35, 144.36

Ordinances, prevention, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.05

Permits

National pollutant discharge elimination system, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.03, 609.671

Permanent tree and brush burning site, Minn. Statutes 2025 88.17

Pest control chemicals, Minn. Statutes 2025 97C.065

Petroleum tank release law, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 115C.06

Point sources

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.04

Pollution Control Agency duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.03

Watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.26

Policy of state, control, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.42

Pollution Control Agency, see Water pollution control under POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

Potable water, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.01, 115.061 to 115.069

Prevention

Agriculture best management practices loans, Minn. Statutes 2025 17.117

Chloride reduction training, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.03

Family farms, Minn. Statutes 2025 17.844

Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.35

Manure applicator education and training programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 18C.432

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.05

Road salt use, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.215

Sewage, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.35

Radioactive waste, see RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Responsible person, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.061

Riparian protection aid, Minn. Statutes 2025 477A.21

Riparian protection and water quality practices, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.48

Sanitary districts, see SANITARY DISTRICTS

Sewage, prohibited deposits, orders, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.35 to 144.37

State waters, Minn. Statutes 2025 97C.065

Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 541.075, 628.26

Total maximum daily loads, setting

Clean Water Council, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.25, 114D.30, 114D.35

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20

Local coordination, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20, 114D.35

Pollution Control Agency, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20, 114D.25

Third-party TMDLs, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15, 114D.25

Watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.26

Underground water pollution, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Violations and penalties

County attorneys, prosecution, Minn. Statutes 2025 388.051

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.071, 609.671

Voluntary self-reporting, Minn. Statutes 2025 114C.40

Wastewater treatment facilities, see WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.01 to 115.09

Water quality

Local coordination, Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.20, 114D.26, 114D.35, 114D.47

Standardized practices, Minn. Statutes 2025 103B.101

Standards, peer review, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.035

State fish hatcheries, monitoring, Minn. Statutes 2025 97C.202

Statewide drinking water contamination mitigation program, Minn. Statutes 2025 115B.245

Water quality and storage program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.05

Water quality cooperatives, agriculture best management practices loans, Minn. Statutes 2025 17.117

Watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), Minn. Statutes 2025 114D.15, 114D.20, 114D.26, 114D.35, 114D.47