All Projects

Incentive payment to landowner.

Direct mailing to residents in the DWSMA. Direct mailing to owners of the potential contaminant sources. Seal unused wells.

Purchase and install transducers at the Burr wellfield.

Hire electrician to properly setup wiring and transfer switch to connect to a generator.

Contract a hydrogeologic field inventory of groundwater level collection equipment.

Purchase and installation set-up for a generator.

Capping and sealing an existing well.

Purchase and installation of a generator

Hire well driller to complete exploratory drilling and water quality sampling.

Hire a well driller to complete exploratory drilling and water quality sampling (Phase 2)

Purchase and installation of a generator (Phase 2)

Rework water Dept. door locks. Water plant card readers. Door alarm replacement.

Seal abandoned well #9, unique well number 269273 within the DWSMA

Irrigate its clarified effluent from Lime storage pond #6 instead of discharging to Mississippi River

Seal an unused irrigation well, unique well number 227854 and encourage, incentivize and educate 11 producers in Holland, North Holland and Verdi DWSMA's $500 per producer

Well site study

Training programs for LPRW staff ; data collection devices; update PCSI

Seal 4 wells 581065, 603824; Install fence around RPSWD wells

Sonic drilling and sealing abandoned well #8 (269272)

Install treatment - nitrate reduction system

Grout annular space of Well #8

Drill test wells to determine location of new well due to nitrate contamination

Seal annular space around well #4

Replace water softening system and add nitrate reduction system.

Locate potential abandoned municipal wells; Seal wells 269265, 269266

Install raw water piping from the new well field to the treatment plant

Find site and develop well for city residents. Drill two test wells, supply and install well screen for two test wells, and grout, log and sample two wells.

Nitrate treatment installation

Develop a groundwater flow model

Drill pilot wells to locate alternative water supply; Drill 4 test wells near Little Falls Fire Hall to check water quality and quantity

Promote landowner enrollment into easement programs

This grant opportunity would increase practices that are associated with groundwater quality and increasing soil health and nutrient management for producers with row crop operations within Drinking Water Supply Management Areas within four Southwest Minnesota counties. A soil health assessment will be conducted to gain insight on the current operation of the farmer, then a strategy can be created to move the farmer toward soil health goals they would like to achieve.

Spring Legacy Organization Grant

Sprout's Growers and Makers Marketplace serves as a unique community engagement setting that creatively engages residents to design or attend projects and social programming at a regional space where art/culture/food increase cultural appreciation and increase economic impacts. Sprout's Growers & Makers Marketplaces enables economic opportunities for farmers, artists and creatives, provides access to cultural activities, and increases arts access to the general public.

Imminent Health Threat (IHT) systems are those that are discharging improperly treated human waste onto the ground surface or into surface waters. In addition to the potential water quality impacts, untreated sewage has the potential to introduce bacteria and viruses into the environment. When IHT systems are identified, county or city staff assist the homeowners through the process required to bring their systems into compliance with the septic ordinance.

Successful long-term treatment of sewage depends on a system capable of providing adequate treatment and effective on-going operation and maintenance. Clean Water Fund Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) Program Enhancement funds are used by counties to strengthen programs dedicated to SSTS ordinance management and enforcement. These funds are used for a variety of tasks required to successfully implement a local SSTS program including inventories, enforcement, and databases to insure SSTS maintenance reporting programs.