Bayview Elementary Reuse Expansion
The City of Waconia is a pioneer for the way it is approaching stormwater reuse, tapping into stormwater as a utility to irrigate business parcels to meet goals of reducing potable water usage. This project is included as part of the City improvement plan. Two tanks and an updated pretreatment system will be added to the existing Bayview Elementary Underground Reuse System located within a subwatershed of Burandt Lake. The two tanks will increase the annual stormwater reuse by 400,000 gallons and 3 pounds of phosphorus reduction per year being discharged to Burandt Lake.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(Projects and Practices)(b) $16,000,000 the first year and $16,000,000 the second year are for grants to local government units to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. A portion of this money may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
Reduction of 400,000 gallons and 2.75 pounds of phosphorus per year for the two tanks. 6 percent of the TMDL Goal for Burandt Lakeshed. Total system reductions of 1.25 million gallons and 8.5 pounds of TP per year, 18 percent of the TMDL Goal.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS