Watershed Achievements Report
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Minnesota Upper Mississippi River Basin River Basin <strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2008 2015<br />
designing and installing rain gardens; conduct three<br />
youth outdoor events focusing on water quality;<br />
host two radio segments to inform residents of the<br />
available funding and upcoming events; conduct three<br />
additional adult education workshops focusing on water<br />
quality protection, human impacts and BMP project<br />
maintenance; install conservation BMPs within the Sauk<br />
River watershed of St. Cloud, Waite Park and St. Joseph,<br />
including 35 rain gardens and an effective erosion control<br />
BMP to address the river bank sloughing in Whitney Park;<br />
design and install five stormwater BMPs in the three<br />
municipalities; conduct water quality monitoring on<br />
the Sauk River and two stormwater outfalls for selected<br />
sub-watersheds undergoing a neighborhood rain garden<br />
initiative; and be responsible for all reporting, tracking<br />
and overall management of this project.<br />
Middle Sauk River Targeted Reduction and Outreach –<br />
2014<br />
Sponsor: SRWD<br />
Funding: Clean Water Partnership (Grant) $332,214.50<br />
and Clean Water Partnership (Loan) $150,000<br />
Purpose: A Farmer-led Council will be developed and<br />
meetings will be held up to four times to guide the SRWD<br />
in the development of the Hayed Buffer Program and<br />
participate in public outreach efforts to promote the<br />
program. The project will install 40-50 acres of vegetative<br />
buffers under the established Hayed Buffer program,<br />
reducing an estimated 126.6 tons of sediment per year.<br />
Landowners participating in the Hayed Buffer program<br />
will supply feedback on the program by completing<br />
the Hayed Buffer Survey developed by the Farmerled<br />
Council. The project will implement 2 streambank<br />
restorations and four erosion control practices to target<br />
an estimated sediment reduction of 3.3 to 6.6 tons per<br />
year. Stream samples will be collected and compared to<br />
archived data. Stream modeling will be completed to<br />
determine load reduction and the success of the CWP<br />
project.<br />
Osakis Lake Nutrient Reduction – Crooked Lake – 2014<br />
Sponsor: SRWD<br />
Funding: Section 319 (Grant) $286,652<br />
Purpose: Entice landowners, using additional incentives,<br />
to secure their enrollment into the RIM program, or<br />
other similar programs to restore the Crooked Lake<br />
basin. Approximately 1,200 acres would be restored to<br />
a standing water basin. Under management, a restored<br />
Crooked Lake would provide 3,291 acre-foot of storage,<br />
resulting in increased storage, decreased nutrient<br />
transport, flood mitigation and increase wildlife habitat.<br />
The restored basin would enhance the quality of water<br />
flowing through JD2, which directly outlets to Osakis<br />
Lake. A fully restored shallow lake would have a potential<br />
load reduction of 2,135 lbs/yr of TP and 562,575 lbs/yr<br />
of TSS. 72 lakes samples and 30 stream samples will be<br />
collected and compared to archived data. Data from the<br />
JD2 sites and lakes sites will be compiled and submitted<br />
to MPCA for EQuIS and posted on SRWD’s website for<br />
public review. Stream modeling will be completed<br />
to determine load reduction and the success of the<br />
restoration project.<br />
SRWD Groundwater Protection Project – 2015<br />
Sponsor: SRWD<br />
Funding: Clean Water Partnership (Grant) $10,000.50 and<br />
Clean Water Partnership (Loan) $250,000<br />
Purpose: Educate the local residents of the importance<br />
of groundwater protection and provide financial<br />
assistance to those who need to properly abandon their<br />
unused well or to upgrade their nonconforming septic<br />
system to prevent nutrients and other contaminants<br />
from impacting groundwater and surface water through<br />
groundwater permeation. Agencies within each of the<br />
five counties will take the lead on conducting the septic<br />
inspections throughout the Sauk River watershed.<br />
Incentive dollars (grant funds) will be offered to<br />
watershed residents that have an unused well, cistern or<br />
underground reservoir to properly abandon the system.<br />
The SRWD will work with the local county agencies to<br />
provide public outreach to watershed residents informing<br />
them of the impact that unused wells and substandard<br />
septic systems have on drinking water and surface water.<br />
South Fork Crow River<br />
Ardmore Avenue Stormwater Retrofit – 2015<br />
Sponsor: City of Medina<br />
Funding: Clean Water Partnership (Grant) $33,162.50<br />
Purpose: The installation of a filtration basin to treat<br />
stormwater prior to entering Lake Ardmore and Lake<br />
Independence, will result in a reduction of the TP and TSS<br />
load contributed to these waterbodies from a portion<br />
of the neighboring developed area. Lower TP and TSS<br />
loads also reduces chlorophyll-a concentrations inlake;<br />
an indirect measure of the amount of algae within<br />
these lakes. Lower phosphorous and chlorophyll-a<br />
concentrations improve water clarity (Secchi depth) as<br />
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