Northern Columbia Golf Course Regional BMPs
The MWMO , City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board are partnering to implement stormwater projects that reduce pollutant loading to the Mississippi River, reduce flooding and improve ecological function. Three regional Best Management Practices are being proposed in the northern portion of Columbia Golf Course, in Northeast Minneapolis, capturing and treating stormwater from 600-acres of mixed urban landuse. Based on preliminary designs, the BMPs will remove 20 tons of sediment, 100 pounds of total phosphorus, and infiltrate 6.7 million cubic feed of water each year.
The MWMO, City of Minneapolis (City) and Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) are partnering to plan and implement stormwater projects that reduce pollutant loading to the Mississippi River, reduce flooding within the 1NE Watershed and improve ecological function. Three regional (surface) BMPs, and associated stormsewer modifications, are being proposed in the northern portion of Columbia Golf Course, in Northeast Minneapolis. These BMPs will capture and treat stormwater from 600-acres of mixed urban landuse, which currently drains to the Mississippi River untreated. Proposed stormsewer modifications are needed to direct stormwater into these practices. The proposed BMPs will be a mixture of infiltration and filtration practices; designed to maximum water quality benefits and infiltrate, whenever possible. The basins will be planted with native vegetation and native plant buffers will be planted around the practices. Based on preliminary designs, the BMPs will remove 20 tons of total suspended sediments (TSS) and 100 lbs of total phosphorus (TP) each year (estimated using a P8 model); over 6.7 million cubic feet of water will be infiltrated. Additional urban pollutants (including bacteria and heavy metals) will also be removed, particularly in those BMPs that infiltrate.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(b) $6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 the second year are for grants 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 these funds may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units.
The proposed project will treat runoff from 600-acres of currently untreated urban landscape. Based on preliminary designs, the BMPs will remove 20 tons of TSS and 100 lbs of TP per year. Removals could increase, as the projects move to final design.
Grant funds funded this project to reduce 155.00 Acre-Feet/Yr of Volume Reduced (Acre-Feet/Year) and 100.00 Lbs/Yr of Phosphorus (Est. Reduction) and 20.00 Tons/Yr of Sediment (Tss).
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS