Sunrise River Drained Wetland Restoration
The purpose of this project is to address, on a sub-regional scale, water quality improvements that address concentrated and polluted flows generated from a ditch that discharges to the Sunrise River downstream of the Bixby Park project and the City of Forest Lake. The proposed project will modify an existing ditched wetland complex located on 41.7 acres of District-owned tax forfeited property to increase water quality treatment potential and storage capacity. The proposed project diverts flow from an existing drainage ditch system out of Heims Lake at the Highway 61 culvert, through a pre-treatment cell, and then diffuses the flow into the wetland complex located on the Tax Forfeit property owned by the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District (CLFLWD). The proposed project will result in annual phosphorus reductions of 54 lb/yr, helping to restore and protect Comfort Lake which ultimately drains to the St. Croix River through the Sunrise River. The proposed project was identified for targeted implementation through the District's 2012 Sunrise River Water Quality and Flowage Project, the District's 2012-2021 Watershed Management Plan, and the 2010 CLFLWD District Six Lakes TMDL Study.
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.
Phosphorus load reductions of 54 lb/yr, 43% of the total reductions needed for Comfort Lake to meet the TMDL in-lake TP goal of 40 ?g/L , and 17% of the watershed runoff reductions needed to meet the long-term District goal of 30 ?g TP/L.
Installation of a wetland restoration that reduced phosphorus load by 65 lbs per year to Comfort Lake, and 89 lbs per year to the Sunrise River.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS