Regulation of Water Use

22 pages}diNNESOTA IS RICHLY ENDOWED with water resources. Famed as the land of 10,000 lakes and the source of the Mississippi, the state also possesses valuable ground-water reserves. The most notable is the Jordan sandstone basin centered in the ltfjnneapolis and St. Paul area. Virtually no surface waters flow into the state. In common with a small minority of states (Colorado, Wyoming, Wisconsin), Minnesota plays a major water supply role for neighboring areas