The demand for city water in Lake Elmo has been so strong in recent weeks that staff sometimes have had to pump from a well that is known to be contaminated with PFOA, a toxin in the class of ...

LAKE ELMO, Minn. — The city of Lake Elmo is exploding so much that it's now the fastest-growing city in Minnesota. What was a town of about 6,700 in 2005 is now nearing 14,000. Officials predict it ...

The Washington County community of Lake Elmo has shut down a municipal well and one of its water towers because of elevated levels of a chemical once discharged by the 3M Company. City officials say ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources would allow Lake Elmo to more than double its legal take of groundwater under a draft permit that could resolve a water crisis in the fast-growing suburb.

A well in Cimarron Mobile Home Park was identified last week to contain PFAS, a family of “forever chemicals,” putting more pressure on Lake Elmo’s already strained water-appropriation limits. The ...

Efforts are underway in Lake Elmo to remove dangerous PFAS chemicals from the environment. Friday morning, technology was unveiled that's focused on destroying PFAS. "Here in Lake Elmo, we are the ...