Money Talks: Grants to Residents to Helps Boost Water Savings

The Twin Cities utility’s Water Efficiency Grant Program incentivizes municipalities and water customers to conserve and help protect the region’s aquifers

Money Talks: Grants to Residents to Helps Boost Water Savings

Minnesota cities like Cottage Grove that have their own municipal water systems are eligible for water efficiency grants. Cities that rely on other municipalities for drinking water are also eligible.

Leaders at the Metropolitan Council in the Twin Cities knew that area aquifers were not infinite and needed to be conserved to meet the needs of future generations.

They also have faced droughts in the past few years. Minnesota may be the state of 10,000 lakes, but the council...

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