St. Paul Park Underground Filtration BMP
The South Washington Watershed District has identified a series of priority sites to install filtration systems on aging storm sewer networks in the cities of Newport and St. Paul Park aimed at reducing sediment loads to the Mississippi River. SWWD is working with the cities to add stormwater treatment where there has historically been none. Prioritization has come from two recently completed subwatershed retrofit assessments, targeting specific storm sewer networks in the cities. Shallow bedrock (0-12" below grade) and the elevation of existing storm sewer networks limit the feasibility of other traditional passive stormwater management and volume control BMPs. Implementation of this project will continue a coordinated effort among the partners to reduce sediment and phosphorus loading to the Mississippi River through installation of one structural stormwater BMP directly benefitting the Mississippi River in the City of Saint Paul Park. The completed practice will reduce sediment delivered to the Mississippi River by up to 4.11 tons/yr and reduce phosphorus loading by up to 5.3 lbs/yr.
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.
Annual pollutant load reductions are estimated at 4.11 tons/yr TSS and 5.3 lbs/yr TP.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS