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News Release
Oct. 7, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) released a draft action plan to ensure safe drinking water across the state and is inviting feedback from Minnesotans. The DRAFT Minnesota Drinking Water Action Plan is a 10-year roadmap to ensure that everyone, everywhere in Minnesota has equitable access to safe and sufficient drinking water. The plan outlines anticipated future challenges, identifies risks and gaps, and proposes strategies to address them.
At the recommendation of the Clean Water Council, the Minnesota Legislature directed MDH to coordinate the development of this plan, using Clean Water Fund dollars (Minnesota Laws of 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 7e). The plan incorporates expertise and feedback from water professionals, state and local governments, researchers and Minnesotans who drink water.
Minnesota has an outstanding record of providing safe and sufficient drinking water for customers on public water systems and continuously maintains a high rate of compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Yet, the plan identifies current and anticipated future challenges, such as limited protections for private well users, a shrinking drinking water workforce, as well as emerging risks from contaminants, pathogens and climate change.
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News Release
Oct. 7, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) released a draft action plan to ensure safe drinking water across the state and is inviting feedback from Minnesotans. The DRAFT Minnesota Drinking Water Action Plan is a 10-year roadmap to ensure that everyone, everywhere in Minnesota has equitable access to safe and sufficient drinking water. The plan outlines anticipated future challenges, identifies risks and gaps, and proposes strategies to address them.
At the recommendation of the Clean Water Council, the Minnesota Legislature directed MDH to coordinate the development of this plan, using Clean Water Fund dollars (Minnesota Laws of 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 7e). The plan incorporates expertise and feedback from water professionals, state and local governments, researchers and Minnesotans who drink water.
Minnesota has an outstanding record of providing safe and sufficient drinking water for customers on public water systems and continuously maintains a high rate of compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Yet, the plan identifies current and anticipated future challenges, such as limited protections for private well users, a shrinking drinking water workforce, as well as emerging risks from contaminants, pathogens and climate change.
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- Minnesota has been a leader in the nation for scanning the horizon for emerging risks to drinking water and understanding how those risks may affect people. To ensure safe drinking water into the future, Minnesota must continue anticipating, understanding and managing emerging risks.