2019 - Watershed Based Funding Metro (Mississippi WMO)
The City of Columbia Heights in partnership with the MWMO will be implementing water quality improvements in the Gauvette Park Area. The project implemented may utilize infiltration, filtration, reuse, bioretention or bioengineering practices to reduce the amount of total phosphorus and total suspended solids reaching the Mississippi River. The project will also have flood control benefits. The project is located between 42nd Ave. and 44th Ave. NE, west of University Ave. The requested funding will be used for the Concept/Feasibility Design part of the project.
The MWMO, City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board are partnering to plan, prioritize and implement system-scale BMPs that meet or exceed the MWMO's water quality standards while addressing members' flood concerns or other stormwater management goals.
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.
Practices will be designed to maximize the volume of water captured/infiltrated and maximize the removal of TSS and TP. The requested funding will be used for the Concept/Feasibility Design part of the project;
Initital estimates show that BMPs (filtration & infiltration where possible) within the golf course and tree trenches along 2 street reconstructions will remove over 200 tons TSS/year and 900 lbs TP/year. The focus of the initial phase is to construct tree trenches. The total est. project cost for all phases is $9,725,000
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 2.83 lbs of Phosphorus, .2814 tons of Sediment, .95 acre-feet of Volume Reduced
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS