Reducing Sedimentation in Red Lake Watershed District Ditch #3
This project is a continuation project of a successful 2011 Clean Water Fund project. The primary purpose of the project is to reduce soil loss from fields and improve the water quality of Red Lake Watershed District Ditch #3. This project will eliminate sediment deposition and reduce maintenance costs along the ditch system by installing 15 sidewater inlets. The project is a team effort with the Red Lake Watershed District and the landowners located along the ditch system.
This project will reduce soil loss and sedimentation, improve the ditch system and reduce maintenance costs. The estimated amount of sedimentation that will be reduced along Red Lake Watershed District Ditch # 3 is 1,600 tons per year. This project will also educate landowners on the value of their cropland soil and the improvement they can help make to water quality by installing conservation practices.
The 20-member BWSR board consists of representatives of local and state government agencies and citizens. Members are appointed by the governor of the state of Minnesota consistent with Minnesota Statutes 103B.101. Board members at the time the grant was made were: County Commissioner Appointees: Quentin Fairbanks; Tom Loveall; Brian Napstad; Soil and Water Conservation District Appointees: Paul Langseth, Louise Smallidge and Bob Burandt; Watershed District or Watershed Management Organization Appointees: Gene Tiedemann, LuAnn Tolliver and Todd Foster; Citizen Appointees: Paul Brutlag ; Gerald Van Amburg; John Meyer; Cities & Townships: Sandy Hooker -Township; Christy Jo Fogarty -Metro City; Keith Mykleseth -Non-Metro City; Agency: Chris Elvrum - Minnesota Department of Health; Rebecca Flood - Pollution Control Agency; Tom Landwehr - Department of Natural Resources; Matt Wohlman - Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Faye Sleeper - Minnesota Extension Service;
Bill Thompson - MPCA Project Manager and Research Scientist; Sonia Maassel Jacobsen - Hydraulic Engineer, NRCS; Bruce Henningsgaard - Principal Engineer; William P Anderson - Principal Engineer; Greg Eggers - Drainage Engineer, MN DNR; Jim Solstad - Hydrologist 3; Allan M. Kean - Chief Engineer, BWSR; Adam Birr - Impaired Waters Technical Coordinator;
Nicole Clapp
(d) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year are for technical assistance and grants for the conservation drainage program in consultation with the Drainage Work Group, created under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 13, that consists of projects to retrofit existing drainage systems with water quality improvement practices, evaluate outcomes, and provide outreach to landowners, public drainage authorities, drainage engineers and contractors, and others.
Project Outputs:Install 15 sidewater inlets- Red Lake Watershed District - Ditch # 3 - Drainage Ditch System. Proposed Reductions:1,600 tons/year Sediment
There were 16 Side Water Inlet Structures (SWIs) installed along Red Lake Watershed District Ditch #3, 2 SWIs along County Ditch #66, 2 SWIs along County Ditch #2, and 12 SWIs along Count Ditch #4. A total of 2,352 tons per year of sediment will be saved.
The source of additional funds varies from project to project, but generally consists of federal, local and non-public sources.