City of Le Center Municipal Well Sealing
This project would educate residents and provide assistance to the City of Le Center in sealing an unused/abandoned municipal well. One municipal well has been identified as a high risk due to impacting the groundwater and drinking water supply to the City of Le Center. The target area has been identified as a Well Head Protection Area (WHPA)/Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA)/Inner Wellhead Management Zone(IWMZ), a well in the same aquifer as one or more nearby (within one mile) of a public water supply wells designated by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and a well that is located within an area that is considered high for geologic sensitivity and moderate to high water table aquifer vulnerability. The main goal for Le Sueur County and the City of Le Center is to protect groundwater and drinking water.
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Annie Felix-Gerth
(b) $10,762,000 the first year and $11,504,000 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. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
Measurable outcomes: sealing an unused/abandoned municipal well within priority areas, following local and state standards, and lastly educating residents about wells and protection of groundwater and drinking water.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS