The Waterline is a quarterly newsletter for water operators, city officials, and others interested in news related to public water systems in Minnesota. The Waterline includes updates on training sessions along with a registration form for various operator schools as well as feature stories of interest to those in the drinking-water profession.
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Current: 2013 - Spring PDF Version
- Mammoth Main Break in Minneapolis
- Water Poster Contest Underway
- MDH Reissues Press Release on Shady Sales of Water Treatment Devices
- Eagan Upgrades South Plant with Plate Settler
- John Blackstone Dies
- 2013 Drinking Water Institute to be Held in Rochester
- Part 6 of High-Hazard Cross Connections
Waterline Feature Stories
Past Issues of the Waterline (Link to Index of past issues)
- 2012-2013 - Winter PDF Version
- Water Taste Tests
- Andrew Sullivan Honored for Outstanding Leadership
- Photos from Minnesota AWWA Conference
- Bruce Olsen Retires from MDH
- Introduction of MDH Employees Dag Moselle and Mackenzie Hales
- Eden Prairie Operators Stay Cool in Responding to Electrical Incident
- Water on Display at Science Centers in Minnesota
- East Bethel Spurs Development with New Water Plant
- Part 5 of High-Hazard Cross Connections
- 2012 - Fall PDF Version
- Response to Floods in Duluth and Northeastern Minnesota
- Jim Sadler Has a Cow
- Separate Storage Rooms for Incompatible Chemicals
- Liquid Assets Minnesota News
- Introduction of MDH District Engineer Amy Lynch
- T. C. Bear Likes Minneapolis Water
- Part 4 of High-Hazard Cross Connections
- 2012 - Summer PDF Version
- Governor Proclaims Safe Drinking Water Week
- 10 Jobs Americans Can't Live Without
- Bayport Receives Fluoride Grant
- Eden Prairie Grows with Its Water System
- Blast from the Past: Water Starts Fire
- Legionella and Water Supplies
- Safety Spotlight: Walk Like a Cop
- Part 3 of High-Hazard Cross Connections
- Change in Fluoride Optimal Level Proposed
- Clean Water Performance Report Now Available
- 2012 - Spring PDF Version
- Filling Stations for Water Bottles Popping Up across Minnesota
- Owatonna Survies 2010 Flood, Raises Wells to Head Off Future Floods
- Part 2 of High-hazard Cross Connections
- Radon in Water Treatment Plants
- Consumer Confidence Report Distribution
- 2011-2012 - Winter PDF Version
- Liquid Assets Documentary Nearing Completion
- Chad Kolstad Takes Over as MDH Drinking Water Revolving Fund Coordinator
- Fairmont Getting New Water Treatment Plant
- Annual Monitoring Schedule
- High-Hazard Cross Connections as Significant Deficiencies
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule - Revision 3 Expectations
- 2011 - Fall PDF Version
- EPA Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment
- Minneapolis Distribution System Renovation
- Breaking News about Breaking Waterline Editor
- Ground Water Rule Refresher
- 2011 - Summer PDF Version
- Hastings Nitrate Plant Blends into Community
- Proposed Guidance for Fluoride Levels
- Saint Peter Adds Reverse Osmosis as Part of Expansion and Upgrade
- Protecting Community Water Systems
- Anna Munson and Larry Cole Join and Rejoin MDH
- 2011 - Spring PDF Version
- Environmental Quality Board Adopts State Water Plan
- MPCA Issues Guidance on Pharmaceutical Disposal
- Drinking Water Protection Profile: Chris Eliasson
- Mankato Moves Ahead with Membranes
- Update on Municipal Authority to Ban Well Construction and Control Well Use
- Minnesota AWWA on Facebook
- Shady Sales of Treatment Equipment Continue
- Rochester Looks to Save with Conservation
- Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Bloomington Deals with Cross-Connections
- Drinking Water Institute Held in Eden Prairie
- Environmental Quality Board Prepares State Water Plan
- Photos from the 94th Minnesota AWWA Conference
- 2010 - Fall PDF Version
- Minnesota Twins Focus on Water Sustainability at Target Field
- MDH Staffing and Boundary Changes
- MDH Efforts on Developing Guidelines on Drinking Water Contaminants
- Chris Voeltz of St. Peter Receives Water for People Award
- EPA Offers Recruitment Video for Careers in Water
- 2010 - Summer PDF Version
- Utilities Fight Back against Shady Sales of Treatment Equipment
- Compliance and Certification Information
- Stimulus Money and the Drinking Water Revolving Fund
- Notable St. Paul Reservoir Being Demolished and Replaced
- 2010 - Spring PDF Version
- Oakdale and 3M Work Together to Remove Perfluorochemicals
- Minneapolis and St. Paul among Top-Rated Utilities in EWG Study
- U. S. House of Representatives Passes Chemical and Security Act
- Report on Atrazine Completed
- Drinking Water Quality Report Now Available
- Implementation of Green Project Reserve Funds
- Drinking Water Protection Profile: Joe Cummings
- Water Operator School and Training News
- 2009-2010 - Winter PDF Version (PDF: 448KB/8 pages)
- Air Strippers Do the Trick in Waite Park
- Drinking Water Institute Held in Oakdale
- Radon in Groundwater
- Pictures from 93rd Annual Minnesota AWWA Conference
- Cool Web Sites
- State Environmental Public Health Program Gets Five-year Federal Grant
- Public Water Supply Profile: Annette Marier
- MDH and AWWA Participate in State Fair Eco Experience
- 2009 - Fall (PDF: 501KB/6 pages) html version
- An Easy, No-Cost Pandemic Drill for Utilities
- A Green Boom in Water Supply
- Grants Coming for Source Water Protection Implementation
- Promising Prairie Disinfection Byproduct Precursor Removal Paradigms
- Minnesota AWWA Bylaws Being Revised
- Engineering America’s Tony Belden Still Remembered by Notre Dame Fans
- Federal Stimulus Plan: Effects on Minnesota Drinking Water Systems
- 2009 - Summer (PDF: 712KB/6 pages) html version
- Monitoring for Perfluorochemicals Begins
- New Treatment Plant in LaCrescent Deals with Radium
- Weekend Warrior Jodi Wallin
- Water the Theme of Winona Frozen River Film Festival
- Center for Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants Proposed
- MDH Releases Annual Report
- Federal Stimulus Plan: Effects on Minnesota Drinking Water Systems
- 2009 - Spring (PDF: 608KB/8 pages) html version
- Aquifer Storage and Recovery Comes to Minnesota
- License Requirements for Well and Pump Work for Public Water Wells
- WaterWorks! Success Stories
- Urban Water Cycle Completed
- Small Utilities to Investigate Disinfection Byproducts in 2009
- Operator Training News
- Where Are They Now?
- 2008-09 - Winter (PDF: 574KB/6 pages) html version
- Drinking Water Institute Features Teacher with Century-old Water Tower
- St. Joseph Treatment Plant Reduces Sludge, Looks Good
- Public Review for Metropolitan Area Master Water Supply Plan
- 92nd Annual Minnesota AWWA Conference
- Consumer Confidence Report Compliance Is 100 Percent
- Study Finds Contaminants in “Pure” Bottled Water
- 2008 - Fall (PDF: 866KB/8 pages) html version
- Minneapolis Shows Off New Drinking Fountains
- Randy Ellingboe Takes Over Drinking Water Program at MDH
- New Burnsville Plant Will Use Excess Quarry Water
- Red Wing Plants Serve Water across Varying Elevations
- Best Security Practices for Water Systems: A Quick Review
- 2008 - Summer (PDF: 871KB/8 pages) html version
- Rushford Responds to Flash Flood
- Water Age and Water Quality
- Owatonna Students Raise Money for Water for People
- Doug Mandy Receives Henry Walraven Award, Then Retires
- Ground Water Rule Update
- 2008 - Spring (PDF: 357KB/6 pages) html version
- MDH Drinking Water Web Site Gets Shorter Address, Hosts New Drinking Water Module
- Red Wing Residents Learn Job Skills while Maintaining Water System
- Rules Changes
- Training News
- 2007-08 - Winter (PDF: 782KB/8 pages) html version
- Good Ol’ Tap Water Served at MDH Event
- 91st Annual Minnesota AWWA Conference
- Peterson Succeeds Clark at MDH
- Module on Minnesota Drinking Water Receives Awards from AWWA, MAGC
- Minneapolis Theater Focuses on Water in Series of Performances
- Ammonia in the Distribution System: First in a Series
- 2007 - Fall
- Drinking Water Protection Changes at the Minnesota Department of Health
- Full House for Drinking Water Institute
- Red Wing Residents Learn Job Skills while Maintaining Water System
- Filter Backwash Permits from MPCA
- Minnesota Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network
- IDSE and DBP Sampling
- 2007 - Summer (PDF: 966KB/8 pages)
- Module on Minnesota Drinking Water Receives Awards from AWWA, MAGC
- Minneapolis Theater Focuses on Water in Series of Performances
- Ammonia in the Distribution System: First in a Series
- MDH Releases Annual Report
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulations
- New Water Security Guidelines Receive Public Comment
- 2007 - Spring (PDF: 749KB/8 pages) html version
- Biological Filtration Used in New Hutchinson Water Plant
- New Home for Metro School
- Training News
- Speaker List for AWWA Schools Being Updated and Expanded
- Rules Update
- 2006-07 - Winter (PDF: 529KB/6 pages) html version
- Albany Arsenic Plant Will Also Enhance Aesthetic Qualities of Water
- Chloramination: Considerations for Public Water Suppliers and Their Customers
- Dean Huschle: Water Operator, Rock Star Photographer
- Shahin Rezania Appointed Head of Minneapolis Water Treatment and Distribution
- AWWA Conference in Duluth: Lyle Stai of Willmar Among Those Honored
- MDH Public Water Supply Profile: Mari Mevissen
- Seventh Drinking Water Institute Held
- 2006 - Fall (PDF: 737KB/6 pages) html version
- Blaine Deals with Water Issues with New Plants
- Training News
- New MDH Engineers
- John Ehlinger Killed in Sauk Rapids
- 2006 - Summer (PDF: 595KB/6 pages)
- Waterline to End in Paper Format
- St. Cloud Deals with Boil Water Advisory
- The Importance of Water in Ethanol Production
- Preparing for Pandemic Flu
- Met Council to Develop Water Supply Master Plan for Twin Cities
- MDH Releases Annual Drinking Water Report
- 2006 - Spring (PDF: 521KB/6 pages)
- School News
- Ely SWAMP Provides Training in Unique Setting
- Disinfection Byproducts/Surface Water Rules Take Effect
- Below-Market-Rate Loans for Public Water Systems
- Lead and Copper Data Declared Private and Nonpublic
- 2005-06 - Winter (PDF: 521KB/6 pages)
- B-25 Flies Over St. Paul Water Facilities at Vadnais Lake
- New Water Plant at Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution
- Fluoride Supply Disrupted
- $5.21 Fee to become $6.36 Fee
- Capacity Development Report Available
- Survey Reveals Training Needs
- Exam Refresher Format Is Changing
- 2005 - Fall (PDF: 929KB/8 pages)
- MDH Moving - New Addresses and phone numbers
- SWAMP-breaking in Ely
- Another Successful Teacher Institute
- Training News
- Profiles of MDH Engineers and EPA Manager for Minnesota
- Arsenic Removal Reaches Climax
- Lessons from Walkerson
- Tom Sakry Traces Military Roots
- 2005 - Summer (PDF: 773KB/8 pages)
- Drinking Water Annual Report Issued
- Minnesota Cities (Fergus Falls and St. Paul) Face and Overcome Challenges
- From Tall to Taller: Minnetonka Raises a Tower
- EPA to Revise Lead and Copper Rules
- Fluoridation Turns 60
- Emergency Response CD Available from EPA
- Surcharge Proposed for Licenses
- 2005
- Spring (PDF: 589KB/8 pages)
- News and registration form for spring teleconference and schools
- Minneapolis Ready for Ultrafiltration
- Safe Drinking Water Act Turns 30
- PWS Profile: Ike Bradlich
- Dry Tortugas Live Up to Name
- Two Teacher Institutes Set for 2005
- Water Tower Safety
- Water Security Channel Offers Free Advisories and Bulletins
- 2004-05 - Winter (PDF: 415KB/8 pages)
- News and registration form for spring teleconference and schools
- Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- MDH/EPA Collaborate on Emergency Response Plan Workshop
- PWS Profile: Mark Sloan
- Staples Sticks with Softening
- Joint Powers Board Water System Receives National Safety Award
- Optimizing Phosphate Treatment to Minimize Lead/Copper Seasonal Variations
- 2004 - Fall (PDF: 387KB)
- 2004 Drinking Water Institute Held in St. Cloud
- Erie Water Works Gets Brief Security Scare
- PWS Profile: John Chlebeck
- Sabin to Get Demonstration Plant for Arsenic Removal
- Protecting Sabin's Source: The Buffalo Aquifer
- Open Meeting Law Exemption
- Increase in Service Connection Fee
- 2004
- Summer (PDF: 435KB)
- Regulatory Update
- New MDH Compliance Officer: Renee Anderson
- Water Quality Problems in Residences
- Lambert Creek Gets a Diversion
- New Chaska Plant Nears Completion
- 2004
- Spring (PDF: 328KB)
- Minnesota AWWA Web Site
- Chlorine Residual Reporting
- Bottled Water Brochure and SEMS Software Available from the Health Department
- Keeping Up with Growth: Lakeville Water Plant Expands with Population
- Steve Schneider Succeeds Bernie Bullert at St. Paul Regional Water Services
- Monitoring for Total Chlorine Residual
- Security of Water System Vulnerability Assessments from Public Disclosure
- Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds
- New Water on Tap Booklet
- 2003-04
- Winter (PDF: 504KB)
- Mandy Takes Charge
- Crookston Cracks Up
- Compliance Corner: Disinfectant Residual Reporting
- Photos from Minnesota AWWA Annual Conference
- Coming Down (Cloquet Water Tower)
- Source Water Assessments Now Available on MDH Web Page
- Clara City Joines the Membrane Wave
- Radon Exposure in Water Treatment Plants
- St. Paul Breaks Ground for Campus Project
- 2003 - Fall (PDF: 461KB)
- 2003 - Summer (PDF: 482KB)
- 2003 - Spring (PDF: 194KB)
- 2002-03 - Winter (PDF: 137KB)
- 2002 - Fall (PDF: 236KB)
- 2002 - Summer (PDF: 126KB)
- 2002 - Spring (PDF: 303KB)
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- 2001 - Fall (PDF: 347KB)
- 2001 - Summer (PDF: 660KB)
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- 2000 - Winter (PDF: 872KB)
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- 1999 - Spring (PDF: 322KB)
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- 1998 - Summer (PDF: 466KB)
- 1998 - Spring (PDF: 334KB)
- 1997-98 - Winter (PDF: 232KB)
- 1997 - Fall (PDF: 232KB)
- 1997 - Summer (PDF: 411KB)
- 1997 - Spring (PDF: 320KB)
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