Wilkin County Ditch 9 & 10 Multipurpose Drainage Management
A total of 62 grade stabilization structures and 13.5 miles of continuous berms will be constructed and become a permanent part of County Ditches 9 and 10. An additional 100 acres of buffers will be seeded beyond those required by law. Together these practices will reduce peak flows into the county ditches, provide better erosion control, reduce sediment, improve water quality and reduce future drainage system maintenance costs. The project will reduce 595 tons of sediment per year from the CD 9 & 10 watersheds to the Rabbit River. This is 18 percent of the Rabbit River TMDL goal.
The Wilkin Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Bois de Sioux Watershed District and landowners to reduce 595 tons of sediment loading per year to the Rabbit River. This is 18 percent of the Rabbit River's TMDL goal under moist conditions. A total of 62 Grade Stabilization Structures and 13.5 miles of continuous berms will be constructed and become a permanent part of County Ditches 9 and 10. An additional 100 acres of buffers will be seeded beyond those required by law. Together these practices will reduce peak flows into the county ditches, provide better erosion control, reduce sediment, improve water quality and reduce future drainage system maintenance costs.
Wilkin CD 10 flows south and outlets into Wilkin CD 9, which flows to the west. Both of these systems ultimately enter into the Rabbit River. These two ditch systems essentially function as a single drainage system and historically projects and maintenance of these two ditch systems have occurred simultaneously.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$750,000 the first year and $750,000 the second year are for technical assistance and grants for the conservation drainage program in consultation with the Drainage Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota Statutes,section 103B.101,subdivision 13, that includes projects to improve multipurpose water management under Minnesota Statutes, section103E.015.
The project will reduce 595 tons of sediment per year from the CD 9 & 10 watersheds to the Rabbit River. This is 18 percent of the Rabbit River TMDL goal. It will also reduce peak flows to the ditches by 44% during a 10 yr/24hr storm event.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 595 tons of Sediment,
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS