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.
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.](https://i0.wp.com/openrivers.lib.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aeccfd-20170616-matchstick-factory06.jpg?fit=1050%2C788&ssl=1)