Epiphany Creek BIESF
In partnership with the City of Coon Rapids, we will address Coon Creek's aquatic life and recreation impairments by reducing nutrient and bacteria loading attributable to urban stormwater runoff. We will construct a 10,000 sq ft biochar- and iron-enhanced sand filter to treat runoff from a 655-acre urban catchment, the Epiphany Creek Subwatershed. This regional filtration BMP will reduce TP loading to Coon Creek by 23 lbs per year and E. coli loading by 404 billion organisms per year.
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.
To make progress towards meeting the TMDL wasteload allocations established for Coon Creek, this project will reduce total phosphorus loading by 23 pounds per year and will also reduce E. coli loading by 404 billion organisms per year.
Grant funds were used to reduce phosphorus loading by 27.6 lbs/year and E. coli loading by 484 billion organisms per year.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS