Designing Public Water Accesses for Clean Water
This is a legislatively mandated project. In order to receive $1,075,000 in water recreation account appropriations for enhancing public water access facilities in FY 2014 and FY 2015 respectively, the commissioner must develop design standards and best management practices specifically for improving water quality by avoiding shoreline erosion and runoff for water accesses.
There are a large number of public water access sites that were developed before treating stormwater was required. The DNR is currently designing and developing water access sites to meet storm water requirements and has experience and success using different combination of systems. Trial and error has been part of the experience. It is important for the DNR to suggest Best Management Practices and provide guidance for others who have public water access. It may take years, however the long term goal is that these guidelines provide the means to repair accesses with erosion and runoff issues all over the state.
85000 the first year is to develop design
standards and best management practices
for public water access sites to maintain and
improve water quality by avoiding shoreline
erosion and runoff.
By March 1 2014 design standards and best management practices will be available on the DNR website. Beginning March 1 2014 local units of government must be notified that the standards and practices are available for use and the commissioner shall utilize the design standards
Stormwater and Shoreline Best Management Practices for Public Water Access are posted on the DNR website at www.dnr.state.mn.us/water_access/bmp/index.html. The guide describes sound practices with site level development and management methods and practices that have been most successful in maintaining natural resource health.