2023 - WBIF - Lower Mississippi River WMO
The LMRWMO will create a volume reduction and water quality improvement project priority list for the priority level 1A lake watersheds (Thompson Lake, Rogers Lake, Seidls Lake). The LMRMWO will create watershed models to help identify, prioritize, design, and implement water quality improvement projects in priority level 1A watersheds.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(a) $13,591,000 the first year and $13,375,000 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 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. & (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: reference The Laws of Minnesota, 2021, 1st Special Session, Chapter 1, Article 2, Sec. 6(a)
A volume reduction and water quality improvement project priority list of 10+ projects for the priority level 1A watersheds. Models to help identify, prioritize, design, and implement water quality improvement projects in level 1A watersheds.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS