Minnesota has 2,669 troubled bodies of water, draft list says

Sections of the St. Louis River, seen here near in Cloquet, Minn., are among those on the state's latest impaired waters draft list.
Sections of the St. Louis River, seen here near in Cloquet, Minn., are among those on the state's latest impaired waters draft list. Dan Kraker | MPR News file

Minnesota, which prides itself as the “land of sky-blue waters” and “land of 10,000 lakes,” has determined that a substantial number of those waters are seriously polluted. Ongoing monitoring reveals that a few surface water bodies are improving, but much work remains to meet state goals.