Information about common pollutants Information about common pollutants

Materials and information on common pollutants found in stormwater.

Newsletter articles

• Water pollutants and stressors
• State of the Mississippi River
• Thankful of toilets that flush
• Stopping the nitrogen super-highway
• GreenCorps members prescribe a low-salt diet for Minnesota waters
• Sources of mercury pollution and the methylmercury contamination of fish in Minnesota

Fact sheets

• Pollutants in stormwater runoff
• Use phosphorus-free lawn fertilizer to protect Minnesota lakes and rivers
• What is sediment pollution?
• Basic information about mercury

Education materials

Algae

• Grimy Green and Gross Newsletter
• Grimy Green and Gross example tweet
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Lakes

• State of Lakes Newsletter
  • Spanish Translation
  • Somali Translation
• State of the Lakes example tweet
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Rivers

• State of Rivers Newsletter
  • Spanish Translation
  • Somali Translation
• Example tweet
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