Watershed Achievements Report
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<strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
2015 Annual <strong>Report</strong> to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br />
Clean Water Act Section 319, Clean Water Partnership,<br />
and Clean Water Fund Projects in Minnesota<br />
A portion of the Clean Water Partnership<br />
Grant funds that are passed through to local<br />
units of government for nonpoint source<br />
implementation projects listed in this report<br />
are appropriated from the Clean Water, Land,<br />
and Legacy Amendment.<br />
Contents<br />
Cover photo: Lake Shaokatan, Lincoln County<br />
a Success Story . . . Lake Shaokatan: A prairie lake with improving water quality..........................................................................................3<br />
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6<br />
List of acronyms......................................................................................................................................................................................................................8<br />
Maps<br />
Statewide intensive watershed monitoring schedule and progress........................................................................................................ 10<br />
<strong>Watershed</strong> Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS) progress .................................................................................................... 11<br />
Impaired waters in Minnesota................................................................................................................................................................................ 12<br />
Approved TMDLs in Minnesota.............................................................................................................................................................................. 13<br />
Tracking progress........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14<br />
Previous Impairments Now Meeting Water Quality Standards Due to Corrective Actions............................................................. 16<br />
LARS and eLINK results from Section 319 and CWP projects 1997–July 2015......................................................................................... 17<br />
All projects awarded through 2015............................................................................................................................................................................ 21<br />
Summary of statewide watershed project activity Projects completed, currently active and awarded ..................................... 26<br />
Statewide ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27<br />
Clean Water Performance <strong>Report</strong> – Social Measures Monitoring System (MPCA)..................................................................................... 28<br />
eLINK Database Support – FFY 2013.......................................................................................................................................................................... 29<br />
Enhanced filter media for removal of dissolved heavy metals and phosphorus from stormwater runoff....................................... 30<br />
Initiate Implementation of Minnesota’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy........................................................................................................... 31<br />
Minnesota Pollution Reduction and Economics Test with Nutrient Tracking Tool ................................................................................... 32<br />
Phosphorus and Water Balance Tools for TMDL Plans.......................................................................................................................................... 34<br />
Planning Tool for <strong>Watershed</strong> Scale Surface Water Nutrient Reduction ......................................................................................................... 35<br />
Side Inlets to Improve Water Quality.......................................................................................................................................................................... 36<br />
Social Indicators for Nonpoint Source Pollution in Minnesota......................................................................................................................... 38<br />
Strategy to Increase Vegetative Cover on Agricultural Landscapes................................................................................................................ 40<br />
Turf and Winter Maintenance Training – FFY 2010 Amendment..................................................................................................................... 41<br />
Statewide Active projects................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43<br />
Cedar River Basin ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46<br />
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