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.

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Fall - Winter 2025

St. Paul Regional Water Services upgrades treatment plant
MDH unveils new Drinking Water Action Plan
Source Water Protection unit debuts new grants database
MDH releases statewide nitrate report
Safe drinking water fee approved in state legislature
Meet Chris Elvrum, Drinking Water Protection section manager
Farewell, Stew: Cheers to three+ decades being in-over-your-head in water
Alycia Overbo receives leadership award
Lead and Copper Rule: Health equity in action
Minnesotans judge drinking water at the Great Minnesota Get-together
Adrian’s collaborative efforts against nitrate

Summer 2025

Decommissioned water towers not forgotten
New to MDH Drinking Water Protection Section: Olivia Ebbers
Governor Walz proclaims Safe Drinking Water Week in Minnesota
A Minnesota city's move toward chlorination appears to have stopped a recent Legionnaires' Disease outbreak

Spring 2025

Decommissioned water towers not forgotten
New to MDH Drinking Water Protection Section: Olivia Ebbers
Governor Walz proclaims Safe Drinking Water Week in Minnesota
A Minnesota city's move toward chlorination appears to have stopped a recent Legionnaires' Disease outbreak

Winter 2024-2025

Safe Drinking Water Act Turns 50
North and South, Minnesota Cities Make the Water Safe (Duluth and Amboy)
New People in MDH Drinking Water Protection Section
Moorhead Wins State Fair Taste Test

Fall 2024

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

Summer 2024

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

Spring 2024

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

Winter 2023-2024

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

Fall 2023

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

Summer 2023

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

Spring 2023

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

Winter 2022-2023

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

Fall 2022

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

Summer 2022

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

Spring 2022

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

Winter 2021-2022

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

Fall 2021