Applications Open for the 2024 Field Camp Scholarships

December 28, 2023

by MGWA Newsletter Team The Minnesota Ground Water Association (MGWA) and the MGWA Foundation (MGWAF) are pleased to announce the continuation of the Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch and E. Calvin Alexander, Jr. Hydrology Field Camp Awards. These scholarships alleviate part of the educational costs for qualified students to attend a hydrogeology field camp, with the goal of creating stronger professionals in the fields of hydrogeology, groundwater geology, and related programs. Two $1,500…

MGWA Foundation Supports Children’s Water Festival

December 28, 2023

The MGWA Foundation is thrilled to have supported the 2023 Seven County Metro Area Children's Water Festival (https://metrocwf.org/).  Approximately 1,900 fourth grade students attended the festival at the Minnesota State Fair grounds on September 27th, 2023.  The festival is an interactive, hands-on, educational outreach program for Metro area schools with the goal of educating, motivating, and challenging children to understand, conserve, and protect our water resources.  Total cost for putting on this festival is around $35,000,…

Megan Wedal Joins MPCA

December 28, 2023

John Woodside Follows Jim Walsh as Hydrologist Supervisor at MDH

December 28, 2023

Jim Walsh Retires from MDH

December 28, 2023

Accepting Applications for the 2024 Gil Gabanski Scholarships

December 15, 2023

President’s Letter

September 28, 2023

U of M Story on MGWA/MNWOO Private Well Testing

September 28, 2023

Emily Haeg Nguyen, a storyteller with the University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, recently authored this story about a MGWA/MNWOO-sponsored well water screening event. The story takes a human-centered approach and mentions the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Minnesota Well Owners Organization and the Minnesota Groundwater Association.  Pure and simple: first of its kind support for MN private well owners | UMN Extension MGWA Newsletter Main Page MGWA…

Two New MGWA Officers Sought for 2024

September 28, 2023

The MGWA board needs to fill two officer positions – President-Elect and Secretary– for 2024. The President-Elect takes a leadership role in the planning of one or more of the MGWA meetings while “learning the ropes” of MGWA leadership. The Secretary is responsible for recording the meeting minutes and provides general oversight of membership services. Here is a chance for you or someone you nominate to get in on the…

Fall Conference and Membership Renewal

September 28, 2023

50 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act November 14th, 2023, 8am – 4:30pmHeritage Center of Brooklyn Center, MN DescriptionJust about ten years ago, the 2014 MGWA Fall Conference looked at the history and future of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund (MGWA 2014 Fall Conference). We are rapidly coming up on the 50th anniversary of another influential and groundbreaking Federal environmental regulation,…

Groundwater in the News — Recent Article on Warming Aquifers

September 28, 2023

MGWA member Greg Brick recently published an article in Minnpost on how warming aquifers can provide a fermentation vessel for waterborne pathogens. Click on the link below to access the full article. Minneapolis is in hot (ground) water | MinnPost MGWA Newsletter Main Page MGWA is committed to developing a just, equitable, and inclusive groundwater community. Click on the button below to read MGWA’s full diversity statement. MGWA Diversity Statement

Groundwater in the News — New York Times Article on Big Farms and Flawless Fries Gulping Water in Minnesota

September 28, 2023

The New York Times recently published an article highlighting the impacts the drought that gripped Minnesota in the summer of 2021, one of the worst on record, had on the state's groundwater. That year, irrigation pumping soared to water crops like corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and potatoes. This, combined with the drought, also resulted in a multitude of complaints of private domestic wells drying up, often from poorer families or…