Watershed Achievements Report
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Minnesota River Basin <strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2015<br />
Results that count<br />
• A total of 94 BMPs were installed<br />
• Pollution reductions for fecal coliform have been hard<br />
to quantify for this report. Taking an average of the<br />
reductions that I was able to do for upgrades to septic<br />
system the reduction in E. coli was 5.17E13 CFUs per<br />
system. Resulting in a total reduction of 258.5E13 CFUs<br />
for all septic systems installed during the grant. The<br />
other BMPs that were installed were practices that<br />
would prevent measures that would keep E. coli from<br />
reaching waterways. Additional pollution reductions<br />
as a side benefit of this project included a phosphorus<br />
reduction of 245.24 lbs, nitrogen reduction of 478 lbs.<br />
and sediment reductions of 77.83 tons a calculated by<br />
e LINK estimators based on the number and type of<br />
BMPs installed.<br />
• Water quality monitoring occurred for this project<br />
during monitoring years 2010-2012 to determine if<br />
improvements in water quality are occurring.<br />
• Education and Outreach Results:<br />
• Eleven River Watcher Newsletters were distributed<br />
to around 1,250 residents in the RRW on a quarterly<br />
basis. These newsletters contained a variety of<br />
articles educating residents on BMPs.<br />
• A Manure and Nutrient Management Field Day<br />
was held on July 23, 2014 with 80 attendees. 700<br />
brochures were printed and mailed for the day.<br />
The field day had displays, speakers on nutrient<br />
management, calibration of spreaders and discussion<br />
of spill protocol.<br />
• 500 project brochures were printed and distributed.<br />
• Yearly Sibley and Nicollet County Fair informational<br />
booth displays.<br />
• <strong>Watershed</strong> photo contests were held 2011, 2012 and<br />
2013. With the photo contest winners a watershed<br />
calendar was produced in 2012, 2013 and 2014.<br />
Calendars included facts and tidbits about watershed<br />
related items including BMPs.<br />
• Ten JPB Meetings<br />
• Five Technical Committee Meetings<br />
Lessons Learned<br />
• The parameters of the project only focused on<br />
problems around feedlots. Fecal coliform sticks to<br />
sediment and then moves with sediment. The project<br />
could have done a lot more to solve fecal coliform<br />
problems if more BMPs would have been available for<br />
land owners.<br />
Financial information<br />
Funding type: Section 319<br />
Grant amount: $181,092<br />
In-kind: $365,976<br />
Matching funds: $58,034<br />
Contact information<br />
Ronald Otto, <strong>Watershed</strong> Coordinator<br />
Sibley County<br />
111 6th Street, P.O. Box 161<br />
Gaylord, MN 55334<br />
507-237-5435<br />
ron.otto@sibleyswcd.org<br />
MPCA Project Manager: Bryan Spindler<br />
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