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Mississippi River Forum: Drinking the Mississippi

Art Persons, Planning Supervisor

Minnesota Department of Health




Mr. Persons discussed how three communities are responding to the need to protect the Mississippi River as a source of drinking water for one million Minnesotans. In addition, Mr. Persons described the work of the Health Department to integrate source water protection on the Mississippi River with the MPCA's Upper Mississippi River Bacteria TMDL Project, thereby integrating the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act in protecting and improving the water quality of the Mississippi River.




October 16 Meeting




Presentation (PDF, 3.04mb)



View Art Persons' presentation in streaming video.

Segment 1 (streaming, 60mb, 32 minutes)

Segment 2 (streaming, 60mb, 32 minutes)

Segment 3 (streaming, 6mb, 4 minutes)




November 20 Meeting




Presentation (PDF, 3.29mb)


 
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Lock at St. Anthony Falls

Did You Know?
A single canoe can pass through a lock and dam for free! The Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is 49 feet deep.
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