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Waterline
The Waterline is a quarterly newsletter for water operators, city officials, and others interested in news related to public water systems in Minnesota. The Waterline includes updates on training sessions along with a registration form for various operator schools as well as feature stories of interest to those in the drinking-water profession.
Subscribe to The Waterline newsletter. An e-mail notice is sent out each quarter when a new edition is posted to the web site.
Current
- Gary Englund Remembers: Longtime Section Manager Tells It Like It Was
- Applications Open for Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Advisory Council
- Hennepin History Museum Celebrates 1983 Circle of Water Circus Tour
- Golden Spike for Lewis & Clark
- New People in MDH Drinking Water Protection Section
- More from CISA on Security
- Moorhead Wins State Fair Taste Test
Waterline feature stories
- Amboy Tackles Wastewater Problem with Drinking Water Solution
- Anoka Water Keeps Up with City's Growth
- Appleton Celebrates New Water Treatment Facility
- Arsenic Removal Comes to Climax
- Austin Utilities Increases Capacity to Service Major Spam Producer
- Belgrade Avoids Arsenic with New Wells and Treatment Plant
- Bemidji Builds Treatment Plant to Remove PFAS
- Biological Filtration Used in New Hutchinson Water Plant
- Blaine Deals with Water Issues with New Plants
- Burnsville Becomes First Metro System with On-Site Hypochlorite Generation
- Chanhassen Enhances Aesthetics of Water and Community
- Clara City Joins the Membrane Wave
- Cloquet Moves Forward with Manganese Removal
- Cold Spring Opens First Treatment Plant in State to Treat Nitrate Biologically
- Community Commitment Results in Innovative Water Plant in St. Martin
- Dewatering Added to Long History of Moorhead Water Treatment
- Duluth Gets Early Funding for Lead Service Line Replacements
- DWRF Funds the North Shore (Duluth and Two Harbors)
- Dying for a Drink?
- Eagan Fills Its Plates
- East Bethel Spurs Development with New Water Plant
- Eden Prairie Grows with Its Water System
- Eden Prairie Reservoir and Pumphouse to Replicate and Recognize History
- Ethanol Production Dependent on Water
- Fairmont Getting New Water Treatment Plant
- Freeborn and Hartland Collaborate for Shared Water System
- Gary Englund Remembers
- Haiti Outreach Promotes Water Independence
- Hastings Removes Nitrate with New Plant
- Hennepin History Museum Celebrates 1983 Circle of Water Circus Tour
- Highway 53 Rerouting Includes Impact on Virginia Water Supply
- Historic St. Paul Ballpark Leads to Information on Early Water Supply in City
- Joint Powers Water Board Brings Aquifer Storage Technology to Minnesota
- Kinney Secession: Effective but No Longer Necessary
- La Crescent Plant Knocks Down Radium
- Lakeville Water Plant Expands with Population
- Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Nearly Complete in Minnesota
- Lincoln-Pipestone Tackles Nitrate with New Reverse-Osmosis Plant
- Little Falls Continues Implementation of Wellhead Protection Plan
- A Look at Bottled Water
- A Look at the Other End
- A Look at Water Towers
- Madison Leads the Way
- Mankato Moves Ahead with Membranes
- Meeting the Need with Rural Water
- Metro Transit Helps Saints Save Water in New Ballpark
- Minneapolis Distribution Crews Maintain Critical Infrastructure
- Minneapolis Ready for Ultrafiltration
- Minneapolis Theater Focuses on Water in Series of Performances
- Minneapolis Uses Microtunneling for Water Main below the Mississippi River
- Minneapolis Water Reservoir
- Minnesota Systems Treat for Arsenic
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Combines Beauty and Brainpower
- Minnesota Twins Focus on Water Sustainability at Target Field
- Minnesota Water Operators Respond to the Floods of 1997
- Mora Does More with Less
- New Brighton Cleans Up
- New Brighton Keeps on Pumping
- New Brighton Still Facing, Overcoming Water Challenges
- New Burnsville Plant Will Use Excess Quarry Water
- New Treatment Plant Makes Good Water Even Better on Nagaajiwanaang
- New Water Plant among Upgrades at Sandstone Correctional Institution
- Nonmunicipal Water Systems
- Notable St. Paul Reservoir Being Demolished and Replaced
- Oakdale and 3M Work Together to Remove Perfluorochemicals
- Owatonna Survives 2010 Flood, Raises Wells to Head Off Future Floods
- Pipestone Cashes In by Solving Wastewater Problem with Drinking Water Treatment
- Plate Settlers Clean Up Ortonville Water
- Public Art St. Paul Promotes Water Awareness
- Pretty Pumphouses
- The Purest Water in Minnesota >
- Red Wing Plants Serve Water across Varying Elevations
- Red Wing Residents Learn Job Skills while Maintaining Water System
- Robbinsdale Drinking Water Plant Looks to the Future
- Rushford Responds to Flash Flood that Submerges City and Knocks Out Utilities
- Sabin to Get Demonstration Plant for Arsenic Reduction
- St. Louis Park Water Supply Remains Reliable Despite Challenges
- Saint Peter Adds Reverse Osmosis as Part of Expansion and Upgrade
- Scandia Draws on Its Roots with Reconstruction of Water Tower Barn
- Schell's Starts with the Water
- Southern Minnesota Cities Turn to Innovative Methods: New Ulm and Lafayette
- Sustainability Key to Rochester Water
- Swede Hollow
- SWAMP Provides Training, Networking Experiences in Unique Setting
- Tackling the Challenges of a Region
- Taking on Surface Sources
- A Tower Grows in Minnetonka
- Virginia Gets an Upgrade
- Waite Park Uses Air Strippers to Restore “Lots and Lots” of Good Water
- Water Supply Around the World
- Water Voyage
- Wild Rink Starts with St. Paul Water
- Woodbury Removing PFAS from Drinking Water with Temporary Facility and Moving Forward with Plans for Permanent Plant
- Worthington Explores Lewis and Clark
Past Issues of the Waterline: Index of Archived Materials
- MDH Releases Annual Report During Safe Drinking Water Week
- St. Paul Introduces H2O to Go
- Art and Water Continue to Converge
- Tools for Lead and Copper Community Site Plans
- New Fond du Lac Treatment Plant
- Bernie Bullert Featured in U of M Foundation Publication
- PFAS May Not Be Forever
- Success Stories from the Source
- Water Bar a Hit at Sauna Village
- Kim Larsen Named Supervisor of MDH Community Water Supply Unit
- Chad Greenway to Speak at Metro School
- Artist-in-Residence Promotes Source Water Protection
- Corn Cob Water Tower Gets Special Status
- We Are Water Minnesota Sites Named for 2024
- Minnesota Communities Receive Fluoridation Awards
- Drinking Water Action Plan to Help Identify Inequities
- Minneapolis Wins State Fair Tap Water Taste Test
- SDWA Video Updated for 50th Anniversary
- New People at MDH
- Feature stories on Cold Spring, Duluth, and Two Harbors
- What to Do When Your Water Tower Is Down
- Governor Walz Signs Important Documents
- Dewatering Added to Long History of Moorhead Water Treatment
- New People at MDH
- Scandia Draws on Its Roots with Reconstruction of Water Tower Barn
- Gunilla Montgomery Dies
- Anoka Water Keeps Up with City's Growth
- New People at MDH
- MDH Kiosk Debuts at Minnesota Rural Water Technical Conference
- Lead and Drinking Water Testing Program for Child Care Programs
- Lead Service Line Inventories Due October 16, 2024
- New Robbinsdale Water Plant Looks to the Future
- Corey Larson Joins the Minnesota Department of Health
- Casey O'Brien to be Keynote Speaker at Metro District Water Operators School
- Rick Wahlen Honored
- Minnesota AWWA Participates in Future City Competition
- Water Assistance Available for Eligible Households
- We Are Water Minnesota Still Going Strong
- Woodbury Removing PFAS from Drinking Water with Temporary Facility and Moving Forward with Plans for Permanent Plant
- WUTT Water Treatment Plant Operations Module to Start in January
- Clean Water Act Turns 50; Safe Drinking Water Act Not Far Behind
- Drinking Water Institute Wraps Up 2022
- Mostly Good News about Confidence in Tap Water
- Lead and Copper Revisions for Minnesota Public Water Systems
- Pipestone Cashes In by Solving Wastewater Problem with Drinking Water Treatment
- MDH Testing for PFAS
- Maria Spitael Joins MDH
- St. Paul Replacing Century-Old Clarifier and Basins
- Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Water Systems
- Safe Drinking Water Act Video Being Updated
- Metro District Water Operators School Changing Locations
- Bemidji Builds Treatment Plant to Remove PFAS
- MDH Issues Drinking Water Annual Report Covering 2021
- Hunter Blommer Joins MDH; Lih-in Rezania Leaves after Three Decades
- MRWA Apprenticeship Program
- WUTT's Rolling Along
- Water Operator Schools Back and Going Strong
- Water Towers: New, Old, and Both
- John Kriesel to be Keynote Speaker for 2022 Metro Water Operators School
- Blast from the Past: Waterline Roots
- EPA Finishes Lead and Copper Rule Revision, Plans Improvements
- Threats Highlight Need for Emphasis on Cybersecurity
- Drinking Water Institute Set for Red Wing in August
- Water-Wastewater Utilities Treatment and Technology (WUTT) Program
- Minnesota Water Research Funds Keep Flowing
- Minneapolis and St. Paul Water Treatment Videos
- John Kriesel to be Keynote Speaker for 2022 Metro Water Operators School
- Pipestone Presented with EPA Aquarius Award
- WUTT Program Update
- David Vaaler, Stephanie Voeller, and Indran Kamalanathan Join Drinking Water Program
- The Secession of Kinney
- Drinking Water Annual Report Covers Pandemic Responses by Utilities
- Hydration Stations a Hit in Schools
- WUTT Celebrates First Class
- PWS Profiles: Michael Bourland, Erin Culver, Andrew Karp, Samantha Miltz
- Don't Sell Your Water Tower
- Is the Water Colder Closer to the North Pole?
- In-Person Schools Returning
- Deb Swackhamer Dies
- Wastewater Beer?
- Duluth Communicates to Customers on Lead in Water
- Department of Natural Resources Issues Drought Guidance
- Urban Water Cycle Drinking Water Module Updated
- Florida Utility Dodges a Disaster with Prompt Response
- We Are Water Minnesota Travels to Hmong Plaza in St. Paul
- Alvine Laure Ekame Joins MDH Section of Drinking Water Protection
- WUTT Is Underway
- Lewis and Clark Update
- Last Chance to Remain on Mailing List for Printed Copies of the Waterline
- Public Art Saint Paul Continues through Pandemic
- Minneapolis Water Magic Project Continues Mission of ReThink Your Drink
- Minnesota AWWA Virtual Water Operators School Set for March 30 to April 7
- Pipestone Receives EPA Aquarius Award
- Drinking Water Needs Survey for 2021
- MDH to Propose Updates to Health Risk Limits Rules
- Freeport Facelift Completed
- Minneapolis Main Goes from Bridge to Under the River
- MDH Profile: Kate Callais
- Department of Agriculture Develops Videos on Groundwater and Nitrate Movement in Southeast Minnesota
- Source Water Protection Grants Support Community Solutions to Protect Drinking Water
- WUTT's Up Next
- Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019
- Opt-in to be Required to Remain on Mailing List for Printed Copies of Waterline
- Calm under Pressure in Moorhead
- Pandemic Presentations from U of M Professors
- Future of Minnesota Drinking Water Report Now Available
- WUTT's Coming Up
- Coping and Continuing with COVID
- An Easy, No-Cost Pandemic Drill for Utilities
- WUTT Is Happening
- Permanent Rules Governing Fluoridation of Municipal Water Supplies Adopted
- Freeport: Have a Nice Day
- Anna Schliep Is New Lead in Drinking Water Coordinator
- CREAT Is Coming
- Lead Service Lines: Where Are They?
- MDH to Reduce Printed Copies of Waterline
- St. Paul Water Leads the Way in Wild Rink Preparation
- Help Possible for Lead Service Line Replacements
- Metro School to Have Special Day for Superintendents and Supervisors
- Service Connection Fee Increase Takes Effect
- Jessie Kolar and Corey Mathisen Join MDH
- Drawing of Lake Harriet Pump
- Check Out Patty Potty
- Crookston Honored with People's Choice Award
- Water Towers (Spaceship-Looking Things)
- Dog-Sniffing Leak Detector
- EPA Turns 50
- Grants for Bottle-Filling Stations
- MDH to Reduce Printed Copies of Waterline
- Metro School to Have Special Day for Superintendents
- Surface-Water Optimization Training in Minnesota
- Service Connection Fee to Increase January 1, 2020
- Innovation in Lafayette and New Ulm
- New Brighton Returns to Its Own Water
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Project
- EPA Considers Regulating Perchlorate
- Good Ol' Minneapolis Tap Water a Hit at Cedar-Riverside Health Fair
- Water on Tap at the Minnesota State Fair
- Drinking Water Institute Held in Oakdale
- MDH to Reduce Printed Copies of Waterline
- Governor Walz Proclaims Safe Drinking Water Week in Minnesota
- Service Connection Fee to Increase January 1, 2020
- Cloquet Moves Forward with Manganese Removal
- Minneapolis Launches ReThink Your Drink
- New Addresses for Minnesota Department of Health Water Websit
- STEM Committee Receives AWWA Section Education Award
- Funds for Minnesota Water Research Begin to Flow
- MDH Issues Fact Sheet on Operator Exposure of Radon at Water Treatment Plants
- MDH to Reduce Printed Copies of Waterline
- Freeborn and Hartland Collaborate for Shared Water System
- MDH Guidance to Operator Exposure to Radon at Water Treatment Plants
- Eden Prairie Reservoir and Pumphouse to Replicate and Recognize History
- Operator Protection and Disposal Guidelines for Spent Media or Backwash Waste Containing Radium
- EPA Develops PFAS Action Plan
- America's Water Infrastructure Act
- Lewis and Clark Complete in Minnesota but Work Is Everlasting
- Chanhassen Enhances Aesthetics of Water and Community
- Twins Install Self-Irrigating "Living Wall" for Batter's Eye
- Lewis and Clark Completed in Minnesota
- New MDH Engineer: Jenny Soltys
- Surface-Water Optimization Training in Minnesota
- STEM Promoted at Brewery Run
- Chuck Brackin Dies
- Latest Collaboration with Department of Agriculture
- Useful New Videos
- Sandeep Burman Named MDH Drinking Water Protection Section Manager
- Lewis & Clark Regional Water System Nearly Complete in Minnesota
- Historic St. Paul Ballpark Leads to Information on Early Water Supply in City
- Past Waterlines Archived at wateroperator.org
- Chaska Prevails in Great Minnesota Tap Water Taste Test
- Cool New Videos
- Fact Sheets and Resources on MDH Web Page
- Updated Water Exhibit a Hit at State Fair
- New Site for Southeast District School
- MDH Funds Filling Stations
- Barb Moore Joins the Minnesota Department of Health
- Lewis and Clark Water On Its Way to Worthington
- Minnesota AWWA Promotes STEM
- Risk Communication Toolkit
- Water Bar at Capitol at Highlight of Safe Drinking Water Week
- Rock County Rural Water District Receives Source Water Protection Award
- Water in Southeastern Minnesota: Rochester and Austin
- Lewis and Clark Summary
- Summit Brewery Starts with the Water
- We Are Water MN Visits the Capitol
- Invisible Heroes Videos Highlight Drinking Water Providers
- Jim Sadler Retires/Mark Sloan Dies
- Innovative New Water Plant in St. Martin the Result of Community Commitment
- Golden Valley Survives Contractor Accident without Water Disruption
- Retirements/Changes at Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Rural Water Association
- The Latest on Lewis and Clark
- Water Bar Opens New Storefront
- Operator Training News
- Plate Settlers Clean Up Ortonville Water
- Lake Elmo Wins State Fair Taste Test
- Lessons Learned in Blaine
- Water and Sports
- Good News and Bad News on the Bottled Water Ban in National Parks
- Minnesota Department of Health Profile: Anna Arkin
- Highway 53 Rerouting Includes Impact on Virginia Water Supply
- Lewis and Clark Project Gets Needed Funding (and update on Luverne shrimp)
- Safe Drinking Water Week in Minnesota
- Bloomington Wins Hydrant Hysteria Competition
- Shoreview Thrives with New Water Plant
- Water May Bring Shrimp to Luverne
- Governor Dayton and Clean Drinking Water Starts with Me! Poster Contest - and 25 by '25
- Slovenija Declares Water a Human Right
- Dan Boyce of East Grand Forks Retires
- Osseo Water Tower May Be Placed on Historic Register
- Water Bar Coming to the State Fair
- Clean Water Mural Unveiled in Minneapolis
- Lewis and Clark Project Moving through Minnesota
- St. Cloud Recognized for Source Water Protection Projects
- Ellingboe Takes over as ASDWA President
- Effluent to Beer
- MDH Drafts Interconnection Policy
- Three Minnesotans on Blue Ribbon Commission for On-Site Non-Potable Systems
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Last Updated: 11/04/2024