2021 Metro Mississippi East Watershed - Capitol Region Watershed District
Installation of approximately 25 curb-cut rain gardens in priority subwatersheds. Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation Division has completed 90% designs and are incorporating final design modifications based on comments from our partner Cities (St. Paul and Roseville). Three rain gardens are proposed in the McCarrons subwatershed and 23 are proposed in the Como Lake subwatershed.
Installation of approximately 25 curb-cut rain gardens in priority subwatersheds. Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation Division has completed 90% designs and are incorporating final design modifications based on comments from our partner Cities (St. Paul and Roseville). Three rain gardens are proposed in the McCarrons subwatershed and 23 are proposed in the Como Lake subwatershed.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(a) $21,197,000 the first year and $22,367,000 the second year are for performance-based grants with multiyear implementation plans 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 and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface water management frameworks as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph. This appropriation may be used for:
This project will install 25-curb cut raingardens in priority subwatersheds that will treat stormwater runoff and reduce the phosphorous load discharging to Como and McCarron?s Lakes by 6 pounds/year. Three raingardens will be constructed in the McCarrons subwatershed and 23 in the Como Lake subwatershed.
This project has resulted by 21 raingardens in total were constructed ? 18 raingardens were installed in the Como Subwatershed which provide treatment stormwater runoff discharging to Como Lake. Three raingardens were constructed in the McCarrons subwatershed, which treat stormwater runoff discharging to McCarron?s Lake. The total annual phosphorous load captured by all raingardens is 6.02 pounds per year. The raingardens also reduce the volume of stormwater runoff discharging to the lakes by 2.8 acre-feet per year. Less raingardens were installed than expected due to landowner interest. However, pollution reductions goals for the grant for this activity were slightly exceeded.
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