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University of Minnesota Extension
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Water Resources Center
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A Seminar Series on Current Issues: Water Quality of the Minnesota River
When: Thursdays at 3:00 p.m.
Where: 365 Borlaug Hall, St Paul Campus
Expected class outcomes:
- The students will be able to understand the water quality issues in the MN River basin from a broader temporal and spatial perspective.
- The students will gain a sense of what approaches are being discussed and tried to mitigate water quality impacts.
- The students will understand how impaired waters are listed and how TMDLs are established.
Date |
Title and Speaker |
Jan. 8 |
Minnesota River Basin: Overview of problems and issues, pdf 4.09 MB
Dave Mulla |
Jan. 15 |
Minnesota River Basin: Overview of problems and issues (cont)
Dave Mulla |
Feb. 1 |
Geological history and characteristics of the Minnesota River Basin, pdf, 6.23 MB
(potential class exercise)
Carrie Jennings |
Feb. 8 |
Geological history and characteristics of the Minnesota River Basin (cont)
Carrie Jennings/ Herb Wright |
Feb. 15 |
Reconstructing environmental change in Lake Pepin, pdf 1.15 MB
Dan Engstrom |
Feb. 22 |
Fingerprinting sediment sources in the Minnesota River, pdf, 1.51 MB
Shawn Schottler |
Mar. 8 |
Agricultural nitrogen management in the Basin, pdf, 2.19 MB
Adam Birr |
Mar. 22 |
Streambank erosion contribution to sediment in the Minnesota River
Click here for a related journal article, pdf, 264 KB
Satish Gupta |
Mar. 29 |
Lake Pepin & Spring Lake excess nutrients and
turbidity TMDL primer, pdf, 1.78 MB
Steve Heiskary |
Apr. 5 |
Hydrologic management in the Minnesota River Basin
Gary Sands |
Apr. 12 |
Hypoxia class exercise
Les Everett |
Apr. 19 |
Impaired waters and TMDLs in Minnesota River Basin, pdf, 436 KB
Larry Gunderson |
Apr. 26 |
Social indicators of change, pdf, 70 KB
Karlyn Eckman |
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A case study of wastewater treatment: Fountain, Minnesota, Sinkhole capitol of the world
Click here for the paper on this project, pdf, 348 KB
Sara Throndson |
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