Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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St. Paul, MN 55155

800-657-3864
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Related Projects

Pioneer Sarah Creek Watershed Restoration and Protection Project
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$103,415
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will complete a Watershed Restoration and Protection (WRAP) Plan that includes a set of pollutant reduction and watershed management strategies to achieve water quality standards for the listed pollutants, and that are understood and adoptable by local units of government and other stakeholders.

Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Assessment
Recipient: 
Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Management Commission
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$65,825
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Assessment project will complete a condition assessment for all currently unassessed or partially assessed (i.e., incomplete datasets) lakes and streams throughout the Pioneer-Sarah Creek (PSC) watershed (South Fork of Crow River; Hennepin County).

Pipestone County Missouri Basin Monitoring
Recipient: 
Pipestone Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$49,130
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will collect water quality data at eight stream sites in three of the MPCA targeted watersheds. The sites are located on Medary Creek, Flandreau Creek, Pipestone Creek (2), Split Rock Creek, Rock River, Poplar Creek and Chanarambie Creek. This project will also promote a citizens monitoring program and encourage individuals to participate in a monitoring program.

Point Source Scenarios for the Chippewa River Watershed
Recipient: 
Tetra Tech, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,999
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will develop and execute three point source related scenarios for the Chippewa River watershed using an existing HSPF watershed model. This project will also support the review of the HSPF Modeling Guidance Document.

Pomme deTerre River Major Watershed Project
Recipient: 
Stevens Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$132,120
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Certain stretches of the Pomme de Terre River have been identified as impaired. This project will quantify the reductions in pollutant loading that would be necessary to bring water quality in the impaired stretches to an acceptable level. It will also identify strategies that would improve water quality in these impaired stretches.

Pond Maintenance Project for the City of Circle Pines
Recipient: 
City of Circle Pines
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$54,916
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will remove accumulated sediment from two Stormwater Treatment Ponds in Circle Pines that were constructed in the 1970’s. Recent testing of the sediments indicates that Tier 2 and 3 PAH compounds were found in the sediment. The most recent estimate for the volume of material that will be removed is 2,400 Cubic Yards.

Pope County 8 Lakes TMDL; Malmedal Lake & Strandness Lake Internal Nutrient Load Management
Recipient: 
Emmons and Olivier Resources, Inc. (EOR)
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,443
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will develop feasibility analysis, a drawdown plan for Malmedal Lake and an analysis of available options for fish barriers in the watersheds of Malmedal Lake and Strandness Lake.

Protecting North and South Fork Yellow Bank River-CWP 12
Recipient: 
Laq qui Parle-Yellow Bank Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$260,900
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will offer incentives to protect 80 acres of land in filter strips and highly erodible lands adjacent to the rivers; construct 9 sediment and water control basins or terraces; replace 35 open tile intakes and advocate wetland restorations and grassland easement programs; organize a Friendship Tour to bring together Minnesota farmers, county commissioners, farm organizations, local, st

Quantifying Causes and Contributions of Non-Field Sediment Loads
Recipient: 
St. Croix Watershed Research Station (Science Museum of MN)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$425,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will improve our understanding of the sources of sediment (turbidity), and the processes which deliver sediment to river channels. This project will address a suite of emerging questions regarding contributions and causes of non-field sediment, thereby providing watershed managers with a better understanding of how to manage these sediment sources.

Statewide
Quantifying Exposure & Effects of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Through Controlled Field Studies
Recipient: 
St. Cloud State University
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$220,352
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will assess the exposure and effects of WWTP effluent on a model vertebrae organism, the fathead minnow.