General Ground Water Info for Minnesota

This webpage links to general information regarding ground water for Minnesota, organized by geographic scope:

⁠StateSinkholes in a grassy area

Six State/Regional Agencies

  • Priority waters list
    This catalogue provides easy access to key water information and data from BWSR, Met Council, MDA, MDH, DNR and PCA. The page is not designed to be a comprehensive listing of Minnesota water information links, but a listing of main or key web pages of water information.

DNR Waters

  • Groundwater
    This webpage contains informational and educational links about groundwater and is the main page about the subject for the DNR Waters Division.
    • Minnesota Ground Water Bibliography
      This PDF document provides both a localized reference to Ground Water Resource Publications and a reference to the organizations, agencies and individuals in Minnesota who are currently publishing information on and related to ground water.

MPCA

  • Groundwater in Minnesota
    This webpage is the main one on ground water for the PCA and links to publications, data, maps, programs and general information.
    • Minnesota Ground-Water Information Guide
      Find Minnesota ground-water information and expertise including ground-water data, maps, reports, government programs, regulations, recommended methodologies and more.

MDHDiagram of ground water wells

  • Drinking Water Protection Program (MDH)
    This program protects public health by ensuring a safe and adequate supply of drinking water at all public water systems. The main webpage links to a training calendar, source water assessments, plan review, newsletters, brochures and fact sheets, feature stories and the Drinking Water Institute for Educators.

USGS

  • Groundwater Information and Data (USGS Minnesota Water Science Center)
    Information about Minnesota's ground-water resources such as levels, networks, statistics, real and historical data.

⁠National

  • USGS Groundwater Information Pages
    Information about the nation's groundwater including use and availability, karst, and modeling, as well as the USGS Ground-Water Networks database that contains records from 850,000 wells compiled over the last 100 years. 

Information Source Abbreviations

  • BWSR = Board of Water and Soil Resources
  • DNR = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • MDA = Minnesota Department of Agriculture
  • MDH = Minnesota Department of Health
  • Met Council = Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Metro Area
  • PCA = Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  • USGS = United States Geological Survey