2019 - Watershed Based Funding Metro (Ramsey-Washington Metro WD)
This project will improve the water quality of lakes in Ramsey and Washington Counties. This will be accomplished by: 1) installation of filtration basins adjacent to Wakefield Lake to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution, and 2) construction of raingardens on private property that filter stormwater runoff thereby reducing sediment and nutrient pollution to Battle Creek Lake and Kohlman Creek. This project is funded through the Ramsey County and Washington County allocations of the Watershed-Based Funding Pilot Program for the Seven County Metropolitan Area.
Annie Felix-Gerth
Watershed Based Funding Metro 2019 - (a) $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.
This project will reduce phosphorus by 33 pounds per year, total suspended solids by 2 tons per year, and stormwater volume by 26 acre-feet per year to Wakefield Lake. In addition, this project will reduce phosphorus by 1 pound per year, total suspended solids by 0.1 tons per year, and stormwater volume by 0.9 acre-feet per year to Battle Creek Lake and Kohlman Creek.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of38 pounds of Phosphorus, 2 tons of Sediment, and 57 acre-feet of Volume Reduced.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS