Water Resources are listed below in order to help water systems and their operators in Minnesota provide a quality water supply to rural areas, increase the operational and management knowledge, increase public awareness of water quality vulnerability and source water protection, and to increase the professionalism of system personnel.

Video Link: Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure - public media & outreach initative

• Training Calendar
• Water Operator Training Record Form
• Board Training Guidance Manual - download manual and appendices

Water Related Rules:

• Pandemic Flu Planning for the Water Sector
• Water Operator Certification Rule - Chapter 9400
• Backflow and Cross Connections Rule - Chapter 4715
• Cold Weather Rule - Chapter 216B (Disconnection during cold weather)
• Cold Weather Rule - Chapter 216B.097 (Relating to municipalities)
• EPA Link: Current Drinking Water Contaminants & MCLs (National Primary Drinking Water Regulations)
• EPA Link: Drinking Water Candidate Contaminant List (CCL)
• Minnesota State Law: Fluoridation of Municipal Water Systems

Operator Certification:

• Download: MDH Water Operator Exam Application Form
• MDH Water Operator Exam References
• New MDH Water Operator Class A and B Exam Format
• Class D Water Operator's Study Guide (2004 version)
• Downloadable: Minnesota Water Works Operations Manual by Chapter
• MDH Link: Operator Certification Frequently Asked Questions
• MDH Link: Contract Operations Guidelines
• MDH Link:  List of Contract Operators in Minnesota
• MDH Link: Water Operator Exam References - Exam Need to Know
• Class A Water Operator Need to Know
• Class B Water Operator Need to Know
• Class C Water Operator Need to Know
• Class D Water Operator Need to Know
• Class E Water Operator Need to Know
• Math:  Class A & B Water Operator Math Conversion Formula Sheet
• Math: Class C & D Water Operator Math Conversion Formula Sheet

Operator Needs:

• Chlorine & Hazardous Leak Reporting Requirements
• EPA Guide: Cross-Connection Control: A Best Practices Guide
• Ammonia in the Distribution System - by Dave Schultz, MDH Engineer, Reprinted with Permission from MDH
• Hydrant Maintenance - recommended fire hydrant maintenance from American Flow Control
• Water Loss Report / Calculation
• Water System Flushing Report
• Link: Flow Capacities of Water
• Hydrant Flow Test Record
• Water Leak Determination Form
• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse "Tech Briefs"  - Provides technical articles for water operators
• Link: Pressure, Flow, Temperature, & Unit Conversion Calculator
• Link: US Units to Metric Units Conversion Site
• Benefits of Water Meters
• MDH Link: Listing of Certified Laboratories
• MDH Link: Bacteriological Contamination of Water System
• MDH Link: Contaminants: Microbiological, Radiological, and Inorganic
• MDH Link: Contaminants: Volatile (VOC) and Synthetic (SOC) Organic Chemicals
• MDH Link: Monitoring and Testing Drinking Water in Minnesota
• Sample Municipal Ordinances
• Sample Municipal Public Notices
• Sample Municipal Personnel Policies
• Sample Municipal Job Descriptions
• EPA Link: Minnesota Drinking Water
• EPA Link: Asset Management: Small Water System Inventory
• Rural and Small Water System Self-Assessment for Capacity Development
• Key Dates in Minnesota Drinking Water History
• MDH Drinking Water Protection Site
• Safety Issues & Links

Conservation Water & Sewer Rates:

• Conservation rate as required by Minn. Stat. § 103G.291, subd. 4. “…a public water supplier serving more than 1,000 people in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, shall use a conservation rate structure by January 1, 2010. All remaining public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people shall use a conservation rate structure by January 1, 2013.”

  https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=103G.291#stat.103G.291.4

  Link to DNR Document on Conservation Rate examples & multi-family dwellings:

  http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/appropriations/conservation_rate_structures.pdf

  Good information from DNR and the Met Council. See:

  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/appropriations/eandc_plan.html 

  http://www.metrocouncil.org/environment/WaterSupply/conservationtoolbox.htm

Operator Quizzes:

• Water & Math Related Quizzes

NonMunicipal/NonTransient NonCommunity System Operator Needs:

• Class E Water Operator Need to Know
• Class D Water Operator Need to Know
• Downloadable: Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water Systems Manual
• Class E Study Guide
• Class E Exam Application
• NTNC & Class E Quizzes
• Maintaining Your Well and Water System
• MDH Link: Noncommunity Water System General Information
• MDH Fact Sheet:  Why Does My Water Smell Like Rotten Eggs?
• MDH Link: Let It Run and Get The Lead Out
• EPA Guide: Cross-Connection Control: A Best Practices Guide

Water Rate Analysis Sheet:

• Water Rate Analysis Spreadsheet

Water as Taxable:

• Link for questions if water is taxable. See page 9 of this download about taxable water. 

Well Water Links:

• MDH Link: Lead in Well Water Systems
• MDH Link: Nitrate in Well Water
• MDH Link: Arsenic in Well Water

Other Related Drinking Water Issues:

• Drinking Water Quality, Community Water Data & Measures - Minnesota Environmental Public Health
      Tracking, in conjunction with MDH
• EPA Link: CUPSS: Asset Management Program
• EPA Link: EPA's Region 5 Sustainable Infrastructure (SI) Web site
• EPA Guidebook:  Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and
      Water Utilities
• EPA Link: Progress Report on Drinking Water Protection Efforts
• EPA Link: Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools & Child Care Facilities
• Link: Protecting Minnesota's Waters: Priorities for the 2008-2009 Biennium

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217 12th Avenue SE
Elbow Lake, MN  56531
Phone: 218-685-5197
Fax: 218-685-5272
E-mail: mrwa@mrwa.com