Vermillion River - City of Hastings 15th and Bailey TSS Reduction
The Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization (VRWJPO), in partnership with the City of Hastings and Dakota County, are working to systematically address Total Suspended Solids (TSS) sources contributing to the Vermillion River through use of a prioritized, targeted, and measurable subwatershed assessment approach to identify and implement the most cost- effective and feasible projects to address the Vermillion River's turbidity impairments and TMDL's.
The partners will install a surface BMP Filtration Basin (Filtration Basin) on City property that will treat 50% of the directly connected impervious areas in its drainage area to remove TSS and total phosphorus (TP) before discharging into the Vermillion River. The Filtration Basin will capture TSS and TP from the 43.4-acre drainage area that consists primarily of developed land in the City of Hastings that has little to no stormwater treatment since the drainage area was developed prior to stormwater treatment requirements and new opportunities for stormwater treatment are very limited.
This reach of the Vermillion River is currently listed as impaired for TSS. Therefore, the Filtration basin would directly address this impairment by eliminating an estimated 3.8 tons/year of TSS that would otherwise flow into the Vermillion River. In addition, the Project would also capture an estimated 15.2 pounds/year of TP that would also flow into the Vermillion River.
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 project will reduce an estimated 3.8 tons/year of TSS and 15.2 pounds/year of TP
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS