All Projects

Prepare wellhead newsletter. Plan and conduct Water Festival. Purchase a generator.

Seal 2 unused wells.

Purchase and install a generator (Phase 2)

Construct a new well. (Phase 2)

Bring septic systems that pose risk to drinking water into compliance by upgrading or connecting to City services

Update PCSI, conduct well survey, mailing to tank owner

Sealing of wells #3, #7, and #8

Provide information on private well water safety, promotion of sealing abandoned wells within the DWSMA and information to farmers and companies about tank management.

Seal 2 unused wells. Search for an alternative water source by conducting more test drills.

Purchase and install permanent static water level transducers in all City wells. Prepare and distribute wellhead newsletter to all property owners in the DWSMA. Conduct water festival

Construct a new well and water lines; Seal existing well 317879

Seal abandoned well; sponsor education session; public education

Filling subsurface areas with low permeable clay soil

Public education

Survey unidentified wells; public education

Well inventory and childrens Water Festival

Cost share program to owners for adoption and implementation of nitrogen BMPs; and for crop rotations

Develop WHP website; Support Water Festival for 4th grade students; Host a nitrate test clinic

Support Water Festival, educate residents about potential contaminant sources; Distribute educational materials about WHP efforts; Payment to agricultural producers to convert crop land to native grasses

Purchase and install an upstream water quality meter

Educational materials about well sealing and drinking water; Develop WHP website; Sponsor Middle Sauk Water Festival; Promote water conservation to residents

Educate residents about wellhead protection; Identify proper location for gate valves and installation

Install a well submersible level transducer and solar panel

Identify unsealed and unused wells within the DWSMA; Providing education to students; Membership dues to join Central MN Water Education Alliance; and locating 5 old wells.

Cities to work in partnership with the Meeker Soil and Water Conservation District and Pheasants Forever to distribute information to landowners eligibly for easement programs; Participate in the Riccori water festival to advance children's education on p

Train 4th grade students at Water Festival about groundwater, water chemistry and water conservation. Provide Spill Response training to city staff and city council.

Identify unused unused/unsealed wells within the DWSMA. Educate students living within the DWSMA and support annual children's water festival. Groundwater newsletter educating residents on the proper management of potential contaminant sources.

Investigate options to redirect and treat stormwater flow; Educate public about storage tanks, spills and leaks; Training on spill response for City maintenance staff, Fire Department and Sheriff's office

Support Water Festival to 4th grade students; Seal unused unsealed well within the DWSMA

Well sealing program; Well survey; Public education on private well management

Potential contaminant source inventory; Publish and distribute Consumer Confidence Report

Nutrient reduction program

Seal abandoned, 14 unused public wells; Update GIS well database; Educate students; Water festival; Educate storage tank owners; Develop "Groundwater News" newsletter

Construct new well and water lines; Seal existing well 325319; RO removal

Develop emergency response plan; Well survey - locate missing or unknown wells in the DWSMA

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.

Source Water Protection is one of the three priority concerns identified in the Stearns Comprehensive Local Water Managment Plan. Currently, Stearns County has 23 public water supplies with approved Wellhead Protection Plans. This encompasses approximately 65,000 acres of land in Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMA). This proposal will fund at least 10 unused well sealing projects within these sensitive areas.

The Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District's (SWCD) Stump and Sagatagan Lakes Subwatershed Stormwater Treatment Projects will retrofit sub-catchment drainage areas on St. John's University (SJU) campus that drain untreated stormwater runoff directly into Stump and Sagatagan Lakes. This area of the region has been identified as ecologically significant by the Nature Conservancy's Eco-Regional Plan and the MN DNR's County Biological Survey.