City of Hugo County Road 8 Stormwater Reuse Project
The City of Hugo is a growing community located 20 miles north of downtown St. Paul in Washington County. The City is requesting funding to construct a stormwater reuse system that will reconnect irrigation systems, 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 existing stormwater pond discharges to Judicial Ditch 3 and connects into Clearwater Creek and Peltier Lake. Peltier Lake is impaired for phosphorus. This reuse project will provide water quality benefits by removing phosphorus and provide stormwater volume reduction, positively impacting water quality and water levels in Peltier 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.
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.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS