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Minnesota River Basin Watershed Achievements Report 2015 A grant program that offers some flexibility in grant fund expenditures is essential to meeting the changing needs and circumstances of HCWP and its watershed citizens. Financial information Funding type: Section 319 Grant amount: $205,186 In-kind: $1,260,377 Matching funds: $121,582 Contact information Heidi Rauenhorst, Project Coordinator Renville County – Hawk Creek Watershed Project 500 East DePue Avenue Olivia, MN 56277 320-523-3666 heidi@hawkcreekwatershed.org MPCA Project Manager: Mike Weckwerth Before After Project: Agricultural Waste This project enlarged a manure holding pit to eliminate the need to do winter spreading. By eliminating winter spreading, phosphorus and nitrogen pollutants, mostly through spring runoff/rain events, are reduced. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency www.pca.state.mn.us 84
Watershed Minnesota River Achievements Basin Report 2008 Watershed Achievements Report Statewide 2015 Yellow Medicine Watershed HSPF Scenario Application Manager Development This project led to the further development of a watershed-scale, decision-support tool to facilitate prioritization and placement of management practices to achieve the needed reductions identified by various watershed management programs in Minnesota. The decision-support tool, SAM, now consists of a GIS system for site selection, HSPF model application to simulate the transport and fate of pollutants, and development of a set of management practices and HSPF Parameters associated to those practices. This decision support tool provides decision makers with a user friendly, comprehensive approach to achieve the water quality improvement goals set by the TMDL assessments, protection strategies, and watershed restoration programs. The decision-support tool assists in identifying priority areas and BMPs that will provide the greatest water-quality benefits for dollar invested. The value of the tool is in its simplification of complex hydrologic and water quality models into a transparent estimation of the significant pollutant sources in watershed. Local watershed entities can then apply their knowledge and expertise of BMP implementation using the tools interpretation of model results. Goals • The review and selection of an existing HSPF model to serve at the SAM pilot. (Yellow Medicine River). • Develop a list of management practices appropriate to the Yellow Medicine River watershed. • Construct the SAM interface. Results that count • The Yellow Medicine River watershed was selected to serve as the SAM pilot watershed. • With input from local partners, a list of relevant BMPs were chosen for inclusion in the SAM tool. • The SAM interface was constructed using the existing Yellow Medicine HSPF model as a foundation. • Intensive monitoring revealed extensive influence from Upper Prior Lake on the southernmost bay, and influence from the watershed on the rest of the lake. Further communication will build on this understanding of what influence BMPs will have on different parts of the lake. Financial information Funding type: Section 319 Grant amount: $100,000 In-kind: $0 Matching funds: $99,970 Contact information RESPEC/Jason Love, Vice President: Water & Natural Resources 13824 Jet Drive Rapid City, SD 57709 605-394-6400 Jason.Love@respec.com MPCA Project Manager: Charles Regan Minnesota Pollution Control Agency www.pca.state.mn.us 85
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