Yellow Medicine River Watershed Basin Assessment Program

Yellow Medicine River Watershed District

Quick Facts

Recipient: 
Yellow Medicine River Watershed District
Source: 
Clean Water Fund
Recipient Type: 
Local/Regional Government
Status: 
Completed
Activity Type: 
Monitoring
Counties Affected 
Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine

This project will allow monitoring to take place on nine stream sites and characterize their water quality and determine their impaired status for biological and chemical parameters. The physical and chemical measurements will include dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, conductivity, transparency, total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total suspended solids, total volatile solids, nitrite-nitrate nitrogen, chloride, sulfate, hardness and e-coli.

Status: 
Completed
Start Date: 
April 2010
End Date: 
June 2012

Project Details by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year(s): 
2010
Fiscal Year Funding Amount: 
$26,995
Number of full time equivalents funded: 
.20

Project Manager

Cindy
Potz
Yellow Medicine River Watershed District
(507) 872-6720