The city of Milaca was recently honored by the Mille Lacs Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) with the 2008 Outstanding Conservationist Award.
City receives conservation award - By Dawn Slad Mille Lacs County Times
The article calls attention to the use of rain gardens. Gardens that take advantage of excess water that will usually flow to a gutter now flowing to a garden.
The No More Geysers Riser a highly effective water saving device that
retrofits into an existing sprinkler system. When a sprinkler head is
broken the riser will shut off the flow of water at the break
maintaining the integrity of the system stopping the typical geysers
and saving thousands of gallons of water. Got Geysers? don't want them
call 619-437-9222.