Community members are critical to conversations surrounding the policies that directly affect their lives. That’s why the Environmental Initiative and the Minnesota Department of Health partnered with the Citizens League to convene residents throughout Minnesota to discuss the state of their drinking water. To understand the concerns of all Minnesotans, we traveled to communities such as Grand Rapids, Nashwauk, Virginia, Perham, Worthington, and around the Twin Cities. These conversations led to the following report from Environmental Initiative, which will guide the creation of a formal, statewide collaboration to protect drinking water in our state.​ The Citizens League portion can be found in the appendix and it includes all of the notes from the community conversations we held. Our findings and recommendations, however, are incorporated in the overall report.