Le Sueur County FY 14 Surface Water Assessment Grant (SWAG)

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,859
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund
Recipient
Le Sueur County
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
March 2016
Activity Type
Monitoring
Counties Affected
Le Sueur
Le Sueur
Project Overview

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed is on schedule for monitoring in 2014 and 2015. The requested sample sites that are listed in the RFP for Le Sueur County are Le Sueur Creek, Forest Prairie, a joint drainage tributary in the NW part of the county and Lake Sanborn. The project goal is to obtain useful water quality data in the Lower Minnesota River Watershed. Project objectives are: 1. Complete project planning by April 15 2014. 2. Conduct stream monitoring at 3 sites (16 Datasets E.coli; 11 datasets of parameters TSVS, TSS, TP, Ammonia-N, TKN, NO2+NO3, sulfate, chloride, hardness as CaCO3 and 19 field monitor datasets with parameters of Secchi, specific conductance, temperature, pH, and DO) and lake monitoring on one lake (11 Datasets of TP and Chlorophyll-a and field monitor datasets with parameters of Secchi, specific conductance, temperature, pH, and DO) meeting required parameter criteria by October 2015.. 3. Provide data management throughout project length. 4. Provide for project oversight . Project manager and monitoring technician have experience with assessment projects.

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,859
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.15
Project Manager
First Name
Lauren
Last Name
Klement
Organization Name
Le Sueur County
Street Address
88 South Park Avenue
City
Le Center
State
mn
Zip Code
56057-1600
Phone
(507) 357-8540
Administered By
Administered by
Location

520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
800-657-3864