• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

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)


 
Logos of the Mississippi River Fund, the National Park Service, and The McKnight Foundation.

Did You Know?

The mississippi river at night.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than 50 cities rely on the Mississippi River for their daily water supply.