Perro Creek Stormwater Retrofits
This project proposes up to 4 structural stormwater best management practices (BMP?s) to reduce at least 8 lbs of phosphorous and 4,000 lbs of TSS from annual stormwater runoff within the Perro Creek watershed. This runoff discharges from 13.2 acres of urban land use directly into Perro Creek before outleting into Lake St. Croix with little to no water quality treatment.
This project will achieve the above results through the design and installation of up to 4 targeted practices identified in the prioritized catchments PC-4 and PC-5 of the Perro Creek Stormwater Retrofit Analysis. The installation of these practices will reduce the nutrient loading that are the root cause of the nutrient impairment in Lake St. Croix.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(Projects and Practices)(b) $10,762,000 the first year and $11,504,000 the second year are for grants to local government units to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
Targeting direct discharge locations prioritized in the Perro Creek Stormwater Retrofit Analysis, the proposed BMPs for this grant will reduce 8 lbs total phosphorus (TP) and 4,000 lbs TSS annually.
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