White Paper on the Health of Minnesota Aquifers

On behalf of IAM, Foth Infrastructure and Environment, LLC. (Foth), performed a review of potential impacts from irrigation withdrawals on groundwater levels, examining thirty years of publicly available data from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Records from DNR’s Cooperative Groundwater Monitoring Program were reviewed for more than 190 wells in the study area. Foth evaluated water levels over time to determine the magnitude and significance of possible changes to the aquifers from groundwater development. You can read/download the entire report below.