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Salt Smart Certified
Are you a winter maintenance professionals getting ready for the upcoming winter season? Learn how to save money and protect our local lakes and rivers. Get Smart Salting certified with classes offered by Minnesota Pollution…
Medication Drop Off
Medicine drop off programs are the best way to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medications. It is easy, free and anonymous! Some people believe that it’s okay to flush certain medicines when they are…
Don’t Toss! Drop Off!
Have you ever thrown household waste away and thought “There must be a better way to dispose of this!” There is a great chance that there probably is! Leftover household products can be safely disposed…
Fight the Mud
Does your lawn have bare spots creating piles of mud in your yard? It’s not only an eyesore but it’s bad for our ditches, streams, lakes and rivers. Rain will wash away the loose soil…
Drain Management
There is a long list of things that should NOT go down your drain. You need to be careful about what goes down the drain because it can harm our local water supply and harm…
Benefits of Smart Thermostats
Save energy and effort this year by getting a Smart Thermostat. With a Smart Thermostat you won’t have to worry about forgetting to adjust the temperature in your home. Save money and time and get…
How do you choose the best deicing product for your home?
All around central Minnesota, our lakes and creeks are becoming too salty from the deicers we use on our driveways and sidewalks in the winter. In the land of 10,000 freshwater lakes, this is a…
Hidden costs of over salting
Salt is pretty cheap until you realize all the hidden costs that over salting can cause! Sidewalk salt is a common deicer used by cities and homeowners throughout Minnesota. There are many benefits to sidewalk…
Clean Driveways and Sidewalks with a Broom
The best practice to cleaning your driveway is to always use a broom and dustpan. Hosing off your driveway with water can cause dirt, grass clippings, oil, fertilizers and other pollutants to collect in the…
Pledge to Keep our water
Drinkable, Fishable, Swimmable
Pledge and Play!
Take the pledge and download our Clean Water BINGO. Play to help keep our water clean.
