Water Quality

Judge James E. LaFave says the company’s solution for storing waste at the site by lining a tailings pond with bentonite clay is not a “practicable or workable reclamation technique.”

The council unanimously agreed to direct staff to pursue a claim in this class action lawsuit with a group of companies known as DuPont.

The lake is near the shuttered Dunka taconite mining site. The site was closed almost 30 years ago and has long been a source of concern for water quality advocates.

This is often the time of year when new infestations are discovered as people remove equipment from the water, the DNR stated.

Part of the cultural event was what organizers described as impromptu tours to nearby sites, including the Talon Metals mine site and the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline corridor, pointing out nearby lakes, rivers and wetlands.

Cody Sheik, a microbial ecologist at the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota, joined the KAXE Morning Show to discuss how aquatic microorganisms, particularly cyanobacteria, can impact the health of humans and domestic animals.

Plus an agreement to reduce plastic pollution in the Mississippi River, new water regulations on the White Earth Reservation and more time to haul storm debris in St. Louis County.

Mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana converged in Bemidji last week for the annual meeting of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative to announce a new project aimed at preventing plastic pollution.

The DNR provided an AIS sign design and interpretive signage specifications to provide a simple structure to hang free-use cleaning tools, and clear instructions about cleaning boats to prevent the spread of invasive species.

The epidemiologist supervisor of waterborne diseases at the Minnesota Department of Health joined Heidi Holtan and Kari Hedlund on the KAXE Morning Show to discuss how we can avoid getting sick while enjoying our lakes and rivers.