Washington Soil and Water Conservation District Surface Water Assessment Grant (SWAG)

As part of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA's) watershed monitoring Approach, the Washington Conservation District will collect water quality samples on three lakes in the Lower St. Croix River Watershed in 2019-20; Comfort Lake, Square Lake, and Big Marine Lake. Rural and agricultural land uses are major components of all three lakes' subwatersheds and semi-urban land use is present in the Comfort lake subwatershed. The monitoring will allow for the continuation of long-term datasets that will be used for assessing impairments, tracking long-term trends, and aiding local decision makers when managing natural resources.