Urban Stormwater Assessment
This project is designed to complete an inventory and assessment of existing stormwater infrastructure in the cities of Two Harbors and Silver including mapping urban surface and sub-surface storm water flow to determine flow paths, pour points, and areas of limited storm water infrastructural capacity. The results of this assessment will be an assessment with prioritized and targeted opportunities for municipal infrastructure retrofits or best management practice installation on both public and private land. This project will serve to identify and delineate sub-watersheds on the urban landscape, quantify and assess the capacity of the existing storm water infrastructure, and provide targeted and prioritized recommendations to City governments to guide future storm water retrofits and upgrades.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the second year are for targeted local resource protection and enhancement grants and statewide program enhancements for technical assistance, citizen and community outreach, and training and certification, as well as projects, practices, and programs that supplement or otherwise exceed current state standards for protection, enhancement, and restoration of water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams or that protect groundwater from degradation, including compliance.
The outputs of this project will be GIS-based inventory and assessment data and maps, from which targeted best management practices can be implemented to achieve the most significant water quality benefits related to stormwater management in urban nodes o
Work was completed as per the approved work plan and that included the Two Harbors Stormwater Management Plan was drafted by the City of Two Harbors and their consultant Bolton and Menk. Technical Service Area 3 and Lake SWCD assisted with the surveying of storm sewers for stormwater modeling. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting a sediment study on Skunk Creek to contribute and inform the impairments and stream bank instability. Education and Outreach on Stormwater topics were conducted through social media, website, and presentations.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS