Groundwater and aquifers in Minnesota
Groundwater and aquifers in Minnesota | UMN Extension
Glacial sands and gravel aquifers. In Minnesota, where the state has been covered in ice at one time or another, sand and gravel deposited primarily by glacial ...
Minnesota groundwater provinces 2021
Minnesota is considered to have abundant water resources, but groundwater is not evenly distributed across the state. The Minnesota Groundwater Provinces ...
Regional Groundwater and Aquifers - Metropolitan Council
The groundwater used in the metro area is pumped from one of four aquifers under the surface of the region: the Quaternary aquifer, the Prairie Du Chien-Jordan ...
Availability varies throughout the state and may be limited in areas for larger withdrawals. State Agency Roles. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: ...
Groundwater quality | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Groundwater in parts of the central and southwestern regions of the state is contaminated with high nitrate concentrations from agriculture and, to a lesser ...
Ground Water GIS Data: Minnesota - MnGeo
State · Hydrogeologic Maps of Minnesota (MGS, LMIC) · Ground Water Provinces (DNR Waters) · County Well Index -- Well Location Points (MGS) · Source Water ...
Groundwater Protection | MN Board of Water, Soil Resources
It was developed by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and includes a nitrate protection framework driven by nitrate concentrations. It provides direction ...
Ground water in Minnesota | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Ground water is the major source of water supply in Minnesota. The quantity, quality, and availability vary greatly throughout the State.
Minnesota Groundwater Provinces
Minnesota has 6 groundwater provinces, determined by two types of bedrock. Groundwater and aquifer resources in each province are unique to each province.
Groundwater monitoring | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota is fortunate to have an abundance of high quality groundwater resources throughout most of the state. However, in many areas, our groundwater ...
Southeast Minnesota Groundwater Resources
Follow the complex movement of water across three different geologic landscapes in the Root River Watershed. Groundwater contained in aquifers (our primary ...
Designation of principal water-supply aquifers in Minnesota
Fourteen aquifers, ranging from Quaternary to Precambrian in age, have been identified as the principal sources of water to wells in Minnesota.
Get to know groundwater | UMN Extension
The makeup of Minnesota's aquifers · Glacial sands and gravel aquifers · Sedimentary rock aquifers · Igneous and metamorphic rock aquifers.
Background - MN Dept. of Health
The monitoring focuses on specific groundwater sources (aquifers) beneath the central sand plain region as being particularly vulnerable in the ...
How Groundwater Moves in Southeast Minnesota [Part 1] - YouTube
The flow of groundwater in Minnesota's Root River Watershed is fascinating and complex. In part 1 of this video series, the geologic ...
Minnesota Water Table Aquifer Vulnerability - Resources
Minnesota Water Table Aquifer Vulnerability. This dataset provides a rating of Minnesota water table aquifer vulnerability. The data, methodology and ratings ...
Ground Water | Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website
Most groundwater supplies in Crow Wing County are pumped from the surficial sand aquifer and several buried sand aquifers. The surficial sand aquifer has very ...
Groundwater supplies 75 percent of Minnesota's drinking water. Here in Dakota County, groundwater supplies more than 90 percent of the ...
Programs/Services - MN Dept. of Health
Groundwater levels in aquifers that are the primary source of water supply are monitored monthly as part of the Ground Water Level Monitoring ...
Water Table – Depth - Minnesota Natural Resource Atlas
Water Table – Depth ... Extent of available data. ... This data layer depicts the depth to the water table. It was developed by the Minnesota Department of Natural ...