Moore Lake Enhancement Project
The purpose of the project is to improve water quality and recreation suitability in East Moore Lake in the City of Fridley. East Moore is an Impaired Water for excess nutrients, and water conditions, including periodic excess E. coli concentrations, negatively impacts the use of the Lake and associated park. The proposed project is the installation of a biochar- and iron-enhanced sand filter to treat runoff from a 94-acre urban catchment with minimal treatment draining directly into the lake. The project also includes converting shoreline turf into a native plant buffer to discourage geese aggregation and filter runoff. The expected outcomes are improved water quality and clarity, reduced instances of elevated bacteria concentrations in the beach area, and enhanced recreational suitability.
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.
- 18 lbs/year annual reduction in nutrient loading to the lake, which is 25% of the external load reduction required in the TMDL.
- 1,263 lbs/year TSS
- reduction in E. coli and other bacteria discharged into this recreational lake
This project installed a biochar and iron enhanced sand filter, reducing phosphorus loading by approximately 26 lbs/year and sediment by approximately 3.2 tons/year to East Moore Lake. Approximately 77% of the project was funded through this grant, and as such approximately 20 lbs/year of the phosphorus reduction is attributable to the grant.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS