The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it has completed the investigation of three aquifer breaches during the construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project. The two additional aquifer breaches…
Enbridge missed the deadline to stop groundwater flows from an aquifer breached during the construction of Line 3. The Minnesota DNR announced the violations relating to the breach near the…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that Enbridge must pay $3.32 million for failure to follow environmental laws. According to the release, Enbridge breached the confining layer of…
More than half Beltrami County is now in exceptional drought, for the first time since drought monitoring began in the late 90s. Last month was the driest July in 127…
The city of Bemidji’s watering ban has been amended to allow lawn irrigation two days a week. The watering ban has been in effect since July 20. The ban was…
A non-essential watering ban has been in place in Bemidji for just over a week. The Bemidji City Council voted 6-1 on the ban in response to the DNR’s drought…
In response to the state’s drought management plan, the City of Bemidji passed a resolution further restricting water use. City Engineer Craig Gray said the odd/even sprinkling ban, in effect…
The Bemidji City Council approved a series of rebates to incentivize the Bardwell Park neighborhood’s connection to city water. In addition to the water access connection, or WAC, fee waiver,…
The Bemidji City Council will officially consider an incentive to connect the Bardwell Park area to city water. This opt-in measure could allow these parcels to connect to city services…
