Shakopee Weather Station & Stormwater BMP
The weather station portion of the project is to increase the accuracy of weather and road condition data to further refine the Chloride Use/treatment of Shakopee roads. Real-time information from a RWIS station can be used to adjust application settings. Approximately 39 tons (78,000) pounds of salt are used in each event. The city averages 30 events each winter. The City of Eden Prairie has similar weather stations and estimates a 5%-10% reduction in salt use.
The stormwater BMP portion of the project was identified in the Shakopee Downtown BMP Study completed with previous WBIF funds. The project will divert low flows from an existing storm sewer to provide treatment in a pond to allow for the settling of sediment to remove TSS and TP. The project would be constructed in 2026 coordinated with the Riverbank Stabilization project. The contributing watershed is 257.3 acres (approximately 2/3 of the watershed currently has no treatment). The project includes a diversion structure, grit chamber, pond area, outlet structure, etc.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(a) $39,500,000 the first year and $39,500,000 the second year are for grants to implement state-approved watershed-based plans. The grants may be used to implement projects or programs that protect, enhance, and restore surface PreviouswaterNext quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking PreviouswaterNext sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan program and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext management frameworks as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph. This appropriation may be used for: (1) implementing state-approved plans, including within the following watershed planning areas (see Chapter 40 Article 2 Section 6(a) (2) for the list of watershed planning areas: seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext management frameworks; and(3) other comprehensive watershed management plan planning areas that have a board-approved and local-government-adopted plan as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.801. The board must establish eligibility criteria and determine whether a planning area is ready to proceed and has the nonstate match committed.
The weather station will have an estimated reduction of 2 tons per event which is approximately 60 tons per year, an estimated 5% reduction. The stormwater BMP will have an estimated reduction of TSS by 10,000 lbs per year (25% Reduction) and TP by 20 lbs per year (15% Reduction).
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS