2019 - Watershed Based Funding Metro (Comfort Lake-Forest Lake WD)
Implement the water quality protection measures as identified in the Forest Lake Diagnostic Study and Implementation Plan to address the protection and improvement of water quality in Forest Lake. Three of the priority subwatersheds identified in the Forest Lake Diagnostic Study are Washington Judicial Ditch 6, Castlewood East and Hayward Avenue. Subwatershed assessments for these are currently underway and will prioritize BMPs for implementation. Likely BMPs may include: buffers, agricultural land management practices, wetland restorations, stormwater harvest and reuse, bioretention facilities, infiltration facilities, and filtration features.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 the second year are for a pilot program to provide performance-based grants to local government units. The grants may be used to implement projects that protect, enhance, and restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking water sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan or metropolitan surface water management frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph.
Total volume, TP, or TSS pollutant reduction targets /estimates will be identified for each prioritized BMP as a result of the ongoing Washington Judicial Ditch 6 Assessment and Implementation Plan (WMP item 5228K, pg. 51) and subwatershed assessments for Hayward Avenue and Castlewood Golf Course (WMP item 5228B, pg 50). Estimated phosphorus reduction range per BMP is 5-70 pounds per year. Projects will be prioritized by total amount of pollutant reduction as well as price-per-pound of pollutant reduction. Total estimated phosphorus reduction goal for Castlewood/Hayward Ave/JD-6 subwatersheds combined is approximately 315 pounds per year.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 5 lbs of Phosphorus, 134 tons of Sediment,
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS