Council Reports
- Water Supply Planning in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Report to the 2007 Minnesota State Legislature - 2007
- Water Resources Management Policy Plan - 2005 (pdf)
- Water Use and Planning in the Metropolitan Area - 2004 (pdf)
- Water Supply Sources in the Metropolitan Area - 2004
- Projected Water Demand for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - 2001 (1.6 MB pdf)
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Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Water Supply: A Plan for Action- 1992
- Metropolitan Area Municipal Water Supply Planning Process - 1997 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 1: Alternative Sources of Water - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 2: Water Demand in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 3: Water Availability - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 4: Public Water Supply System Inventory and Possibility for Subregional Interconnection - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 5: Water Conservation - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 7: Economic Value of Water - 1991 (pdf)
- Long-Term Water Supply Plan Working Paper 8: Institutional Framework for Water Supply Planning - 1991 (pdf)
- Metropolitan Area Short-Term Water Supply Plan - 1990 (pdf)
- Municipal Water Supply in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - 1979 (pdf)
- Water Resources Outlook for the Minneapolis and St. Paul Metropolitan Area - 1973 (pdf)
Media Releases
- Study to provide picture of region’s groundwater (2/08)
- Metropolitan Council launches new water supply planning tool (11/07)
- Protecting area waterways starts in your own yard (4/07)
- Water supply: Council report recommends clarity, connection (12/06)
- Water supply concerns surface at regional workshops (7/06)
- Council advisory committee holds public workshops to promote dialogue (5/06)
- Water group sets ambitious agenda (3/06)
Additional water supply planning resources
- Waters, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Water Education for Teachers (Project WET), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Drinking Water: Protecting Public Health, Minnesota Department of Health
- Source Water Protection, Minnesota Department of Health
- Twin Cities sub-regional water supply pilot project, Governor's Clean Water Cabinet
- Metro Area Ground Water Model, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Water Conservation Around the Home, American Water Work Association
- California Urban Water Conservation Council
- WaterSense, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- American Water Works Association, Minnesota
- Water use in the United States, U.S. Geological Survey
- Drinking water and human health, University of Minnesota Extension Service