City of Hugo County Road 8 Stormwater Reuse Project
The City of Hugo is growing community located 20 miles north of downtown St. Paul in Washington County. Hugo is requesting funding to construct a stormwater reuse system that will reconnect irrigation systems, serving 22 acres along County Rd 8 (CSAH 8), resulting in improved surface water quality through phosphorus reduction, decreased groundwater demand, and volume reduction of stormwater for downstream ditch systems and Peltier Lake. The reuse system will pump water from a stormwater pond to existing irrigation accounts, conserving 14 million gallons of water annually. The City will be responsible for the ownership, operations, and maintenance of the reuse system.
The existing stormwater pond discharges to Judicial Ditch 3 and connects into Clearwater Creek and Peltier Lake. Peltier Lake is impaired for phosphorus. In RCWD 2020 Plan, water quality of Peltier Lake is noted as an issue and identified as a capital improvement. The CSAH 8 reuse project will provide water quality benefits by removing phosphorus and provide stormwater volume reduction, positively impacting water quality and levels in Peltier Lake. Both outcomes align with RCWD goals.
The City has completed several studies in preparation for this project that includes a water balance, water quality testing, and construction cost estimates. The project is feasible, and water quality is within the MPCA's recommendations for stormwater irrigation. The City has received $100,000 from RCWD and $50,000 from Metropolitan Council to be used towards this project and will collaborate with RCWD and MCES throughout the design and construction. The project's location is adjacent to the Water's Edge and Clearwater Cove Stormwater Reuse systems, developments that include one of the first single-family residential stormwater irrigation systems in the State of MN. By offering funding for this project, BWSR will assist Hugo, MCES, and RCWD in creating a sustainable and innovative ?Stormwater Irrigation Corridor?.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(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.
This project proposes to reduce total phosphorus loading to Peltier Lake by approximately 13.5 pounds per year, increasing the total phosphorus load removal by 30% from existing conditions, and will conserve 14 million gallons of water per year.
Grant funds funded the construction of a stormwater reuse system, conserving 14 million gallons of water per year, and decreasing phosphorus loading to Peltier Lake by 13.5 pounds per year.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS