2019 - Watershed Based Funding Metro (Elm Creek WMC)
Elm Creek Stream Restoration Phase IV is located ? mile upstream of the Mill Pond.? This phase includes 5,000 linear feet of stream bank restoration of Elm Creek to restore stream bank and aquatic habitat and remove excess nutrient laden sediment.
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.
Increase dissolved oxygen, restore 5,000 linear feet of stream bank, decrease 180 tons TSS, decrease 150 pounds TP, enhance aquatic habitat
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 1 parts per million of Dissolved Oxygen, 216 lbs of Phosphorus, 3.93 tons of Sediment,
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS