Watershed at a Glance. The Cannon River watershed is located south of the Twin Cities and encompasses areas of Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Steele, Rice and Waseca counties. The watershed drains approximately 1,460 square miles through two main channels, the Cannon and Straight Rivers, to the Mississippi at Red Wing.
While some large industrial, commercial, and electric generation customers receive natural gas directly from high capacity interstate and intrastate pipelines (usually contracted through natural gas marketing companies), most other users receive natural gas from their local gas utility, also called a local distribution company (LDC).
Natural Gas Regulators Natural gas (methane) is a clean-burning fuel gas used for many residential, commercial, and industrial applications. This colorless, odorless, naturally occurring gas can be found in many countries around the world. Natural gas production companies tap gas pools using wells and pipelines. They clean and prepare the gas for sale and transport the gas through pipelines to gas suppliers.