Lake Elmo is already struggling to provide enough clean water to its 11,000 residents, and some City Council members at a Nov. 14 workshop session were divided over support for a new, $86 million ...

District officials over the summer entered into a $4.5 million ... this year allows the DNR to consider an increase to Lake Elmo’s water appropriation, in part to accommodate water needs ...

The city of Lake Elmo is in its fourth year of overpumping ... Handt said the city is hesitant to add more residents to its water supply that is already over its limits and at risk of being ...

The agency with regulatory authority over groundwater and water pumping ... DNR authority to grant a temporary increase to Lake Elmo's water appropriation while a greater regional effort is ...

Lake Elmo is the fastest-growing city in the state — and the clean water supply can’t keep up. The city in the east metro says it’s been using a contaminated well to supplement the water ...

Lake Elmo lies at the epicenter. In 2018, the state settled with 3M for $850 million dollars over its alleged damage to drinking water. 3M has since pledged to stop production of forever chemicals ...