Applications are being accepted now for the next group of Minnesota Water Stewards eager to make a difference for water! Throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area and beyond, Minnesota Water Stewards are connecting with neighbors to protect and improve the health of our water.

Trained and certified through the Minnesota Water Stewards program, these local leaders spark curiosity and engage their communities in projects that make measurable impacts on water health. (Read more on our blog.)

To learn more, visit minnesotawaterstewards.org and register for an online information session.

On Nov. 9, the MWMO awarded a $295,000 Capital Project Grant to Xcel Energy for stormwater and habitat enhancements at their planned Marshall Operations Center in Northeast Minneapolis.

The site will feature MWMO-funded pollinator and wildlife habitat improvements, as well as features that will remove an estimated 95 percent of phosphorus and sediment from the site's stormwater runoff.

The redeveloped site will serve as a connection between several existing prairie and woodland habitat areas near the Mississippi River.

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Some of the best solutions to climate change can be found in nature. That’s the premise of a new campaign from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) that features a pair of MWMO-funded projects.

TNC featured our own Mississippi River Green Team in a recent article and video on their website. For 14 years, the MWMO has partnered with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on this innovative youth conservation and employment program for Minneapolis teens.

TNC also featured the Masjid An-Nur Eco-Mosque project in another article and video posted earlier this year. The MWMO supported the project with a pair of Stewardship Fund Grants.

 Read more and watch the videos on our blog.

The MWMO worked with Metro Transit to design and implement a stormwater reuse system that will be used for washing buses at a new bus operations and maintenance facility in North Minneapolis. The system will allow facility staff to conserve up to 13,000 gallons of potable water each day at the facility, which will serve approximately 200 buses.

MWMO and Metro Transit staff collaborated for three years to design the system, which is built around a 40,000-gallon cistern that collects water from the building’s roof. The water will be filtered before use.

It's a creative example of stormwater reuse that calls to mind other recent projects like Cemstone, which uses stormwater to make cement, and Water Works and Westminster Presbyterian Church, which flush their toilets with treated stormwater.