Clean Water Fund Projects Master List Fiscal Year 2014-2015

This information represents contracts executed by the MPCA as of the date of this publication. The projects do not describe the split between counties involved in any project as projects are funded by watershed or areas and not by shared county boundaries. The project costs do not include the match by local entities, so they are not necessarily total project costs.

Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

This grant to the City of Morris provides public improvements for the beneficial use of Beneficial Use: Ethanol Set Aside - wastewater effluent, where beneficial use is defined as the use of stormwater or wastewater Zumbro River City of Morris Morris, City of Blaine Hill Morris, City of (320) 589-3141 Technical Assistance effluent from a publicly owned wastewater treatement plant to replace the use of groundwater. 2014 $500,000.00

Cannon and Zumbro Watershed Zumbro Watershed Zumbro Watershed Complete section 3 of Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) document for Zumbro River WRAPS Development Partnership, Inc. Lawrrence Svien Partnership, Inc. (507) 226-6787 Planning the Cannon and Zumbro Watersheds and provide input to sections 1 and 2. 2015 $106,580.00

Cannon River Watershed HSPF The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate an HSPF watershed model for the Cannon River Model Development Project LimnoTech Justin Daniel Watkins MPCA Rochester Office (507) 206-2621 Modeling Cannon River Watershed. 2014 $134,427.00

Carver County Staff will monitor Silver Creek at station S000-843 following the basic monitoring regime. S000-843 is located in the Lower Minnesota subwatershed in southeastern Carver County. The monitoring will be conducted from 2014 to 2015 and include 13 site visits in 2014; collecting TSVS, TSS, Total P, Ammonia-N, TKN, NO2+NO3, Sulfate, Chloride, and Hardness as CaCO3 ten times. E.coli will be collected nine times in 2014. Secchi tube readings, Specific conductance, temperature, pH, DO, one upstream photograph and recreational suitability, appearance, and stage estimate will be collected 13 times in 2014. In 2015, monitoring will Carver County FY 14 Surface Water include six site visits, collecting E.coli, Secchi tube, specific conductance, temperature, pH, DO, Lower Minnesota River Assessment Grant Carver County Charlie Sawdey Carver County (952) 361-1816 Monitoring one upstream photograph, recreational suitability, appearance, and stage estimate. 2014 $11,307.87

Cedar River, There are two main goals of this Cedar Basin HSPF project, Shell Rock River, Cedar River Basin/Shell Rock River A. Overall development of the HSPF model in the Cedar Basin of Minnesota; and B. Shell Rock Winnebago River HSPF Modeling RESPEC Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling River nutrient, DO, impairment modeling and TMDL completion. 2014 $40,000.00

City of Mankato Wastewater The goal of this project is to determine how ferric chloride application points and dosage can Minnesota River - Mankato Treatment Plant City of Mankato Mary Fralish City of Mankato (507) 387-8600 Demonstration/Pilot Project lower phosphorus levels. 2015 $111,000.00

Assessment/Evaluation, The Clean Water Partnership Program provides grants to local governmental units interested in Clean Water Partnership FY15 Grant Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Restoration/Enhancement, leading a nonpoint source pollution control project for protection or improvement of water Statewide Program Control Agency Pete Fastner Control Agency (651) 757-2349 Technical Assistance bodies. 2015 $1,500,000.00

The goal of this project is to collect information and foster cooperation that is needed to Assessment/Evaluation, complete a WRAPS report for the Clearwater River watershed, create TMDL reports for Clearwater River Watershed Red Lake Watershed Red Lake Watershed Education/Outreach/ impaired waters in the Clearwater River watershed, and create protection plans for the Clearwater River Restoration and Protection Strategy District Corey Hanson District (218) 681-5800 Engagement Clearwater River watershed. 2014 $185,473.00

Clearwater River, Clearwater Soil & Water Conservation Clearwater Soil and Upper/Lower Red Lake, District FY 14 Surface Water Clearwater Soil and Water Water Conservation This project will provide the assessment of the chemical, physical, biological, and bacteriological Wild Rice River Assessment Grant Conservation District Kathy Rasch District (218) 694-6845 Monitoring integretiy of surface waters. 2014 $19,982.12

The goal of this project is to develop a core team of wastewater professionals and academics engaged in understanding and solving wastewater-related problems in Minnesota, with national relevance. The team will promote the use of new technology, designs and practices to address existing and emerging wastewater treatement challenges, including the treatement of 2014 $145,000.00 University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Assessment/Evaluation, wastewater for reuse and the emergence of new and unregulated contaminants. The new Office of Sponsored Office of Sponsored Education/Outreach/ technology or treatment methods will also consider the proper management of waste streams Contaminants of New or Emerging Projects Administration Projects Administration Engagement and solid residuals, including beneficial resue opportunities, energy generation and resue, and Statewide Concern WWTP Design Team (SPA) Paige Novak (SPA) (612) 626-9846 Planning, Technical Assistance product (nutrient, metals, etc.) capture for marketing and capital reinvestment. 2015 $145,000.00

wq-gen1-08 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • 520 Lafayette Rd. N., St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 • www.pca.state.mn.us 651-296-6300 • 800-657-3864 • Available in alternative formats May 2015 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District (Cook SWCD) will be working with up to four volunteers in the Rainy River Watershed Headwaters to monitor the Cross River during 2014 and 2015.The area of the stream being monitored is located 45 miles north of Grand Marais, MN. The area is remote and travel is slow to the stream. It is an area that was affected by fires with vegetation in the beginning years of succession. There are lodges, resorts and residents scattered throughout the area. The parameters monitored are set by the MPCA, along with the frequency of sampling. Ilena Berg, Water Plan Coordinator with Cook SWCD will be the lead for this project. RMB Environmental Labs will provide assistance with site establishment, lab analysis and data submission to EQuIS. All monitors, both Cook SWCD staff and volunteers, will be trained on proper monitoring techniques to accomplish the monitoring. All reporting will be completed Cook County Soil and Cook County Soil and following the grant requirements. Water Conservation Water Conservation Monitors will be trained and provided a schedule for monitoring. Arrangements will be made with Rainy River - Headwaters Cook County SWCD FY 14 SWAG District Ilena Berg District (218) 387-3648 Monitoring the shipping services to accommodate time requirements. 2014 $17,905.21

Education/Outreach/ This project provides grant funding to counties to enhance the delivery systems for SSTS 2014 $2,574,731.00 County Subsurface Sewage Engagement, activities, including grants to low-income landowners to address systems that pose an imminent Statewide Treatment System (SSTS) Program Various counties Don Hauge Various counties 651-297-3432 Technical Assistance threat to public health or safety or fail to protect groundwater. 2015 $2,909,980.00 This training will be for State employees who have purchased this new type of discharge measuring equipment. This training is needed to ensure that accurate and complete discharge measurements are made which is supplied to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Consulting firms, Local units of government, federal government and Minnesota Statewide Doppler Training Tech Sales Co. Paul D Schreiber MPCA Brainerd Office (218) 316-3907 Monitoring Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) modelers. 2015 $2,000.00 Assessment/Evaluation, Education/Outreach/ The principal goal of this project is to fill critical data gaps and to establish a participatory Engagement, watershed management framework for the Duluth Metropolitan Area (DMA) that mimics the Lake Superior - South Duluth Urban WRAPs University of Minnesota Jesse Schomberg University of Minnesota (612) 626-7441 Restoration/Enhancement statewide Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) process. 2014 $154,038.30

University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota: James Ford Bell Fish Identification for U of M James James Ford Bell Museum Museum of Natural Monitoring, The Bell Museum will sort and identify all fish samples collected by the MPCA's North and South Statewide Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Susan Weller History (612) 625-6253 Technical Assistance Biological Monitoring Units. 2014 $55,000.00 Crow Wing River, Leech Lake River, Long Prairie River, Crow Wing Soil and This leadership workshop series will provide the participants (citizen leaders) with knowledge, Pine River, Fostering Citizen Leadership Through Crow Wing Soil and Water Water Conservation Education/Outreach/ skills, processes and tools that can help to strengthen their current efforts and nurture new Redeye River Workshops in Multiple Watersheds Conservation District Melissa Barrick District (218) 828-6197 Engagement ones. 2014 $20,442.80 Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will subcontract with Clearwater River Watershed District (CRWD) to cooperatively coordinate monitoring of three locations within the FY15 Watershed Pollutant Load Mississippi River (St. Cloud) Watershed. A total of four staff (two from each district) will Monitoring Network - Sherburne communicate to ensure that the locations are monitored according to the WPLMN Standard Mississippi River - St. Cloud County Sherburne SWCD Tiffany Determan Sherburne SWCD (763) 241-1170 Monitoring Operating Procedures (SOPs) for AIS and non AIS sites. 2015 $28,407.90

FY15 Watershed Pollutant Load The purpose of this monitoring project is to maintain water quality data collection, build on local Monitoring Network (WPLMN) - Crow River Organization Crow River partnerships, and develop a better of understanding of what impacts the rivers located in central Crow Wing River Crow River of Water Diane Sander Organization of Water (763) 682-1933 Assessment/Evaluation Minnesota. 2015 $111,483.55

This grant will cover all components of water chemistry sampling for pollutant load monitoring at four sites. Of those four sites, two of them are subwatershed sites that will be monitored seasonally and two of them are basin/major watershed sites that will be monitored year round. The Monitoring Coordinator for the Sauk River Watershed District will be responsible for sample collection, data management tasks, attending weekly call in meetings and will coordinate additional help from other staff members and/or interns if needed. For the two subwatershed sites, 23 samples (plus two QA/QC samples) will be collected at each site between ice out and October 31, 2015 with a focus on runoff event sampling. For the basin and major watershed sampling sites, 32 samples (plus three QA/QC samples) will be collected throughout the year of FY15 Watershed Pollutant Load the grant. These samples will also focus on snowmelt and runoff events. Samples will be Monitoring Network (WPLMN) - Sauk Sauk River Watershed Sauk River Watershed collected using the Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) Standard Sauk River River District Sarah Jo Schmitz District (320) 352-2231 Monitoring Operating Procedures (SOPs) for AIS and non AIS waters. 2015 $31,579.61

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 2 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

Red River of the North - Grand Marais Creek, MPCA Detroit Lakes The goal of this project is to construct watershed models for the Grand Marais Creek and Snake Snake River Grand Marais Creek HSPF RESPEC Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling River Watersheds and perform an initial hydrologic calibration using HSPF. 2014 $90,000.00

Provide education, outreach and civic engagement necessary for the development of structural and non-structural best management practices needed to improve water quality within the Greater Blue Earth River Basin. General Education will have a regional focus to landowners. Outreach effort will be focused on regional officials, staff and landowners. Civic engagement efforts will have a smaller watershed scale focus with efforts resulting in structural BMPs being placed on the land and non-structural BMPs being adopted. Implementation of structural best Blue Earth River, management practices on the land. Approximately 10 stormwater projects, 5 general nonpoint Le Sueur River, Greater Blue Earth Nonpoint Reduction projects, 10 drainage projects and 2 demonstration projects will be implemented on the lands to Watonwan River Initiative Faribault County Michele Stindtman Faribault County (507) 526-2388 Restoration/Enhancement address nonpoint pollution. 2015 $300,000.00

The project will involve monitoring twelve stream sites and one lake in Jackson County. The Heron Lake Surface Water Heron Lake Watershed Heron Lake Watershed stream sites are known to be impaired. The purpose of monitoring in multiple locations is to Des Moines River - Headwaters Assessment Grant - Fiscal Year 2014 District Jan Voit District (507) 793-2462 Monitoring determine the source of the impairments. 2014 $48,626.14

Little Sioux River, Lower Big Sioux River, The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate a watershed model using HSPF. Rock River, HSPF Modeling for the Missouri River RESPEC will produce a HSPF model that can readily be used to provide information to support UpPERper Big Sioux River Basin RESPEC Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling conventional parameter TMDLs. 2014 $94,984.00

Lake of the Woods, HSPF Modeling Phase 3: Lake of the Modeling, The goal of this project is to complete the calibration/validation process of Hydrologic Simulation Rainy River - Headwaters Woods/Rainy River Watershed RESPEC Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Technical Assistance FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models for the Lake of the Woods/Rainy River Basin. 2014 $250,000.00 Leech Lake River, Mississippi River - Brainerd, Mississippi River - Grand Rapids, Mississippi River - Headwaters, Mississippi River - Sartell, Mississippi River - St. Cloud, Pine River, HSPF Modeling Phase 3: Upper Modeling, The goal of this project is to continue and finalize HSPF watershed model construction and complete the Rum River Mississippi River Basin RESPEC Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Technical Assistance calibration/validation process. 2014 $396,300.00

HSPF Modeling - Red Lake River and MPCA Detroit Lakes The goal of this project is to continue and finalize HSPF watershed model construction and complete the Red Lake River Tributaries RESPEC Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling calibration/validation process. 2014 $95,000.00 Cloquet River, Nemadji River, HSPF Phase 2 - St. Louis, Cloquet, The goal of this project is to finalize HSPF watershed models for the St. Louis, Cloquet, and Nemadji St. Louis River and Nemadji Rivers Tetra Tech Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling Rivers. 2014 $90,000.00

This project will address the numerous recommendations included in the original Guidance Document to provide an updated and improved Guidance Document. This improved guidance will help to ensure AQUA TERRA consistency and validity of future HSPF model applications within the State as part of the One Water Statewide HSPF Guidance Document Revision Consultants Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling Program. 2014 $43,000.00

Red River of the North - Marsh Hydrologic Simulation Program River, FORTRAN (HSPF) Modeling - Wild MPCA Detroit Lakes The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate two (2) watershed models using Wild Rice River Rice River Marsh River Houston Engineering Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF). 2015 $156,937.00

The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate two Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models: Lake Superior North and Lake Superior -South. The contractor will produce HSPF models that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). The contractor will clearly demonstrate that these models generate predicted output timeseries for hydrology, sediment, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen Hydrologic Simulation Program which are consistent with available sets of observed data. The contractor will deliver all modeling files, Lake Superior - North, FORTRAN (HSPF) Modeling Lake several memorandums which are described in the Measures and Outcomes section below, and a final Lake Superior - South Superior Watersheds Phase 1 Tetra Tech Inc Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling report documenting model calibration and validation and supporting statistics. 2015 $115,000.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 3 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded Blue Earth River, Chippewa River, Cottonwood River, Le Sueur River, Lower Minnesota River, Hydrologic Simulation Program Minnesota River - Mankato, FORTRAN (HSPF) Modeling The goal of this project is to extend the existing HSPF models through 2012 in the Chippewa Watershed Redwood River, Minnesota River Basin (07020005) and Hawk-Yellow Medicine Watershed (07020004) to incorporate recent monitoring data to Watonwan River Resegmentation 2014 RESPEC Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling support current MPCA business needs and sediment source investigations. 2014 $128,887.00

Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) Modeling Total AQUA TERRA Development of Target NPS loading rates along with a pollutant source allocation tool for assessing Statewide Maximum Dail Load (TMDL) Tool Consultants Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling and quantifying source allocations for impaired stream reaches for use in the TMDL development. 2014 $50,000.00

Kettle River, Hydrologic Simulation Program Construct, calibrate, and validate three Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed Snake River, FORTRAN (HSPF) Phase 1 - Upper AQUA TERRA models that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter Total Upper St. Croix River St Croix, Snake and Kettle Consultants Christopher L Klucas MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2498 Modeling Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). 2015 $199,999.50

Hydrologic Simulation Program Cloquet River, FORTRAN (HSPF) PHASE 3 Nemadji River, Modeling - St Louis, Cloquet, and Construct, calibrate and validate 3 Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models St. Louis River Nemdji River Watersheds Tetra Tech Charles P Regan MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2866 Modeling for the St Louis, Cloquet, and Nemadji River Watersheds. 2015 $110,000.00

Rum River, Snake River, Provide funding to counties to assist low-income homeowners with needed Subsurface Sewage Upper St. Croix River Isanti County Low Income SSTS Fix Isanti County Tim Anderson Holly Nelson Isanti County (763) 689-5165 Restoration/Enhancement Treatment Systems (SSTS) upgrades to protect public health and the environment. 2014 $37,900.00

Itasca County Soil and Itasca County Soil and Itasca County SWCD 2014 Water Conservation Water Conservation This project will result in spatial and long-term pollutant load information from Minnesota rivers and Big Fork River Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring District Noel Griese District (218) 326-0017 Monitoring streams. 2014 $27,671.20

Big Fork River, Itasca County Soil and Itasca County Soil and Little Fork River, Itasca SWCD CE WRAP Support Big Water Conservation Water Conservation Education/Outreach/ This project will develop, implement, and evaluate the impacts of co-developed civic engagement St. Louis River Fork, Littlefork, St. Louis Watersheds District Noel Griese District (218) 326-0017 Engagement outcomes for the St. Louis River, Big Fork River, and Littlefork River watersheds. 2014 $69,980.00

Lac Qui Parle Watershed Restoration Lac qui Parle-Yellow Education/Outreach/ and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) - Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank Bank Watershed Engagement, Establish a framework with local partners that will outline their involvement throught the development of Lac Qui Parle River Phase 1 Watershed District Mary Homan District (320) 598-3319 Planning the Lac qui Parle Watershed WRAP. 2015 $12,160.00

This project, beginning in Spring of 2014 and lasting until December 2015, will collect water quality data for 16 sites (7 lakes and 4 stream sites) within the Rainy River - Headwaters Major Watershed as part of the 10-year cycle for monitoring Minnesota's waters. Due to the large number and geographic extent of monitoring sites Lake County Soil and Water Conservaion District (SWCD) has coordinated site Lake County Soil & Water Lake County Soil and Lake County Soil and selection with North St. Louis County Soil and Water Conservaion District (SWCD) and will monitor sites Conservation District FY 14 Surface Water Conservation Water Conservation within the southwestern (Kawishiwi River) portion of the watershed. The sites to be sampled are roughly Rainy River - Headwaters Water Assessment Grant District Derrick Passe District (763) 286-0570 Monitoring 5 to 50 miles South and East of Ely. 2014 $35,235.72

Lake of the Woods Historical The purpose of this project is to gain an understanding of modern and historical nutrient and thermal Phosphorus Budget Project - Science Museum of Science Museum of Modeling, dynamics in Lake of the Woods using modeling, monitoring, sediment core analysis, and whole basin Lake of the Woods Phase II Minnesota - St. Paul Mark Edlund Minnesota - St. Paul (651) 221-2566 Monitoring techniques. 2014 $150,026.50

The goal of this project is to determine: 1) temperature and seasonal variations in sediment chemical- textural characteristics (upper 10-cm sediment layer) and rates of P release from sediments; and 2) Lake of the Woods Soil Lake of the Woods Soil vertical variations in mobile P concentrations in the sediment column of Big Traverse Bay in order to Lake of the Woods Sediment and Water Conservation and Water better understand the role of internal P loading to the P economy of LOW and for the development of Lake of the Woods Phosphorus Dynamics District Josh Stromlund Conservation District (218) 634-2757 Assessment/Evaluation the LOW TMDL. 2014 $47,085.00

Lake of the Woods Lake of the Woods/Rainy River Lake of the Woods Water Water Sustainability Education/Outreach/ State is co-sponsoring and assisting with a portion of the financial support for the 12th Annual Statewide Watershed Forum 2015 Sustainability Foundation Tom Sellers Foundation (866) 370-8891 Engagement International Rainy River-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum. 2015 $500.00

Assessment/Evaluation, The goal of this project is to improve understanding of nutrient (phosphorus) and sediment sources in Little Sioux River Lake Okabena Diagnostic Study Wenck Associates, Inc. Mark E Hanson MPCA Marshall Office (507) 476-4259 Technical Assistance the Lake Okabena Watershed. 2014 $27,304.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 4 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

The goal of this project is to gain information about the amount and sources of phosphorous flowing into Lake St. Croix Monitoring & St. Croix River Lake St Croix by implementing additional water quality monitoring and/or to reduce the amount of Lower St. Croix River Implementation St. Croix River Association Deb Ryun Association (715) 483-3300 Monitoring phosphorous flowing into Lake St Croix by implementing phosphorous reduction activities. 2015 $200,000.00

The main purpose of this project is to provide fiscal resources for Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Lake County SWCD) to be engaged and participate in efforts for civic Analysis/Interpretation, engagement in the Lake Superior South (LS South) Lake Superior North (LS North) watersheds and Education/Outreach/ lead and carry-out civic engagement in the early stages of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Engagement, Strategies (WRAPS) process in the Cloquet River watershed. This project will also provide funding for Cloquet River, Lake Superior South Local Civic Lake County Soil and Lake County Soil and Monitoring, water chemistry monitoring assistance and diagnostic field work that will fill identified monitoring gaps Lake Superior - North, Engagement & WRAPS Support Water Conservation Water Conservation Planning, and stressors within the LS South watershed. The project will be integrated with the agency-led WRAPS Lake Superior - South (Lake County) District Schutte, Dan District (218) 834-8378 Technical Assistance process. 2015 $83,000.00

This project will dentify critical pathways and areas on the landscape that contribute a disproportionate amount of sediment stressors to selected streams located in LS South and/or LS North HUC 8 watersheds. Unlike other HUC 8 watersheds with one mainstem stream and nested tributaries to the mainstem, LS South and North consist of numerous individual streams flowing to Lake Superior. Each of these streams has a mainstem, tributaries flowing to the mainstem and a surrounding watershed. The selected study streams and their associated watersheds will be evaluated as representative of the larger pool of stream types and conditions of LS South and North streams. This work in turn will help inform Lake Superior - North, Lake Superior Streams Sediment University of Minnesota - University of Minnesota - management of all streams and associated watersheds in Lake Superior South and North HUC 8 Lake Superior - South Stressor Investigation Biosystems Department John Nieber Biosystems Department (612) 625-6724 Assessment/Evaluation watersheds. 2015 $199,981.67

Lake Winona Nutrient Total Maximum Emmons & Oliver MPCA Detroit Lakes Assessment/Evaluation, Update previous draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and modelings files with Environmental Long Prairie River Daily Load (TMDL) Resources (EOR) Denise A Oakes Office (218) 846-8119 Technical Assistance Protection Agency (EPA) comments and site specific standards. 2015 $36,993.00

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed is on schedule for monitoring in 2014 and 2015. The requested sample sites that are listed in the RFP for Le Sueur County are Le Sueur Creek, Forest Prairie, a joint drainage tributary in the NW part of the county and Lake Sanborn. The project goal is to obtain useful water quality data in the Lower Minnesota River Watershed. Project objectives are: 1. Complete project planning by April 15 2014. 2. Conduct stream monitoring at 3 sites (16 Datasets E.coli; 11 datasets of parameters TSVS, TSS, TP, Ammonia-N, TKN, NO2+NO3, sulfate, chloride, hardness as CaCO3 and 19 field monitor datasets with parameters of Secchi, specific conductance, temperature, pH, and DO) and lake monitoring on one lake (11 Datasets of TP and Chlorophyll-a and field monitor datasets with parameters of Secchi, specific conductance, temperature, pH, and DO) meeting required parameter criteria by October 2015.. 3. Provide data management throughout project length. 4. Provide for project Lower Minnesota River Le Sueur County FY 14 SWAG Le Sueur County Lauren Klement Le Sueur County (507) 357-8540 Monitoring oversight . Project manager and monitoring technician have experience with assessment projects. 2014 $21,859.40

The main outcome of Phase III of the project will be the final deliverable of a WRAPS report that will prescribe the restoration and protection strategies for the surface water resources within the Leech Lake River Watershed. The WRAPS will provide the analytical and strategic foundation which will be essential in protecting the surface water resources within this high quality watershed. Along with the development of the WRAPS report, this project will support the development and completion of the MPCA Stressor ID and Watershed Assessment reports to be completed for this watershed. The Civic Engagement (CE) component of this project will also continue from the efforts completed during Phase I & II. To keep stakeholder/citizens informed on the project and to gather important feedback on the watershed, meetings and/or community conversations will be held at key points during this project phase. Finalizing and utilizing the information from the Zonation Modeling process in the WRAPS watershed priority planning efforts along with the continued efforts towards growing the communication network and establishing a watershed identity will also be important CE aspects of this project phase. The ongoing Cass County Cass County effort of engaging the citizens of the watershed in working together in the long-term protection of some Leech Lake River Major Watershed Environmental Services Environmental Services of Minnesota’s finest and most important surface water resources is a vital overall component of this Leech Lake River Wraps Stratedy - PHASE 2 Department John Ringle Department (218) 547-7256 Restoration/Enhancement project. 2015 $50,000.00

Emmons & Oliver Education/Outreach/ Little Fork River Little Fork TMDL and WRAP Resources (EOR) Michael J Kennedy MPCA Duluth Office (218) 302-6629 Engagement This project will develop and finalize the WRAP for the Little Fork River Watershed. 2014 $100,006.00 Assessment/Evaluation, Education/Outreach/ Engagement, Long Prairie River, Emmons & Olivier Planning, The goal of this project is to develop a TMDL for all impaired stream reaches and lakes within the Long Redeye River Long Prairie Red Eye TMDL Resources (EOR) Bonnie E Finnerty MPCA Brainerd Office (218) 316-3897 Technical Assistance Prairie and Red Eye Watersheds. 2014 $77,128.50

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 5 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded Red River of the North - Lower Red Watershed HSPF MPCA Detroit Lakes Tamarac River Modeling RESPEC Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate a watershed model using HSPF modeling. 2014 $100,000.00

The goals of Phase I of the Marsh River Watershed (WRW) Watershed Restoration and Protection Assessment/Evaluation, Strategy (WRAPS) project are to: 1) gather or develop watershed data needed for the development of Education/Outreach/ the WRAPS project; 2) establish project and sub-basin work groups, develop a social outcomes Engagement, strategy, and develop a civic engagement evaluation strategy to guide the WRAPS project; and 3) begin Red River of the North - Wild Rice Watershed Wild Rice Watershed Planning, to identify, create, and organize tools that can be used to determine potential stressors and priority Marsh River Marsh River Watershed Wraps District Kevin Ruud District (218) 784-5501 Research management areas 2015 $83,052.00

Martin Soil & Water Conservation Martin SWCD is proposing to monitor three lakes sites and three stream sites in the East Fork Des District FY 14 Surface Water Martin Soil and Water Martin Soil and Water Moines River watershed. The lake sites will be monitored by kayak and the stream sites will be East Fork Des Moines River Assessment Grant Conservation District Kathy Smith Conservation District (507) 235-6680 Monitoring monitored from the shore. Sites will be analyzed for field conditions and water chemistry. 2014 $25,698.40

The goal of this project is to design and install two watershed interpretive signs: one to be placed at Middle Minnesota Watershed Signage Minnesota Department of Minnesota Department Education/Outreach/ Minneopa State Park and one at Fort Ridgely State Park to inform the public about watershed, water Minnesota River - Mankato and Outreach Natural Resources Alexander Watson of Natural Resources (507) 359-6062 Engagement quality issues, and how someone can improve water quality. 2014 $1,650.06

This project will implement five stormwater control BMPs and educate watershed landowners regarding proper management of stormwater control. These projects will serve to change behavior and perceptions of how stormwater may be managed, and demonstrate how easy changes may have a positive impact on land stewardship and water quality protection. 100 rain barrels will be distributed at a reduced cost to critical landowners. These will serve as examples to numerous area residents, resulting in benefits that include control of stormwater runoff and increased awareness of the water quality impacts of untreated stormwater runoff. Education activities will increase awareness of and concern about consequences of improper stormwater management practices and their environmental impacts. All efforts combined will engage the local citizens and further the project goal of protecting the water quality of Big Sandy and Minnewawa Lakes. Involvement of citizen volunteers will increase their Mille Lacs Lake Protection Stormwater confidence and ability to address stormwater management and water quality concerns and foster their Mississippi River - Headwaters Control Aitkin County Janet Smude Aitkin County (218) 927-6565 Restoration/Enhancement continued leadership in the local community. 2015 $76,200.00

Assessment/Evaluation, Minimal Impact Designs Standards Planning, The overall goal of this project is to further develop performance standards, design standards, or other (MIDS) for Calculator BMP Wiki Research, tools to enable the implementation of low-impact development and other stormwater management Statewide Pages Barr Engineering-Duluth Brian Livingston MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2532 Technical Assistance techniques. 2014 $52,984.00

Minnesota at Mankato Major Education/Outreach/ The purpose of this project is to develop and distribute a watershed directory of the stakeholders in the Minnesota River - Mankato Watershed Directory Fortin Consuling Bryan D Spindler MPCA Mankato Office (507) 344-5267 Engagement Minnesota River at Mankato major watershed. 2014 $21,500.00

The goal of this project is to establish a framework that the local government can use to guide their involvement as the UMR Watershed Project progresses over the next four years. This will result in strategies to protect or restore the waters in this watershed. These strategies will be used as the basis Minnesota River Headwaters Upper Minnesota River Upper Minnesota River Education/Outreach/ for making informed local water quality and land use planning decisions, as well as development of Minnesota River - Headwaters Watershed Project Phase 1 Watershed District Blayne Johnson Watershed District (320) 839-3411 Engagement grant applications to implement the restoration and protection of waters in the UMR watershed. 2015 $29,088.00

This project will develop a reasonable statewide estimate of recharge using the Soil-Water-Balance (SWB) Code (Westenbroek and others, 2010), validate the simulation results, and conduct a parameter sensitivity analysis to identify the most sensitive model parameters. For the purposes of this application U.S.G.S: United States U.S.G.S: United States Assessment/Evaluation, of the SWB application, comparing the simulation results will be conducted on selected watershed Dept of Interior, Dept of Interior, Planning, basins in the state against previously established recharge estimates. Using a gridded data structure, Minnesota Statewide Recharge Geological Survey Geological Survey Research, these new temporally and spatially-distributed recharge estimates should yield better results that can be Statewide System-Phase 1&2 MINNESOTA Andrew Streitz MINNESOTA (763) 783-3120 Technical Assistance easily integrated into regional groundwater flow models. 2014 $74,755.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 6 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

Several important milestones will be completed during this Phase (Phase II) of the Mississippi River (Headwaters) Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) project. These milestones will include the completion of the Stressor ID & Watershed Monitoring and Assessment Reports, the completion of the Zonation Modeling watershed priority planning process (through the continuation of the Civic Engagement project component), and the development of the overall WRAPS report. Currently, this watershed has few listed conventional impairments; however, it is possible that additional impairments may have been identified during the Intensive Watershed Monitoring and subsequent watershed assessment process. The objectives and tasks described in this workplan will be primarily geared towards working with the stakeholders on strategies aimed to protect the surface water Education/Outreach/ resources within this high quality watershed. Phase II of the project will also continue the effort in Mississippi River - Headwaters Hubbard County Soil and Hubbard County Soil Engagement, providing the important water quality framework and stakeholder activities for civic/citizen engagement Watershed Restoration and Protection Water Conservation and Water Planning, and communication. This in turn will significantly contribute to establishing the foundation for long-term Minnesota River - Headwaters Strategy (WRAPS) District Julie Kingsley Conservation District (218) 732-0121 Restoration/Enhancement public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities throughout the watershed. 2015 $120,000.00

Mississippi River- Winona Total Emmons & Oliver This project will address Step 2b in the Watershed approach process and computation of TMDLS for Mississippi River - Winona Maximum Dail Load (TMDL) Resources (EOR) Shaina A Keseley MPCA Rochester Office (507) 206-2622 Technical Assistance those impaired waters determined to be in need of them. 2014 $57,955.44 Minnesota River - Headwaters, Minnesota River - Mankato, Education/Outreach/ Minnesota River - Yellow Medicine MN & Mississipi Rvr Sediment Engagement, Refinement of the Sediment Recution Strategy through incorporation of feedback gather during 30-day River Reduction Stratey LimnoTech Scott D MacLean MPCA Mankato Office (507) 344-5250 Technical Assistance comment period. 2014 $29,730.00

This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab 2014 $297,169.00 analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with MPCA Ambient Groundwater Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Analysis/Interpretation, monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the Statewide Monitoring Activities 2014-2015 Control Agency Sharon Kroening Control Agency (651) 757-2507 Monitoring, Planning current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality. 2015 $287,628.00

2014 $82,832.00 MPCA Clean Water Partnership Grant Program Technical Assistance 2014- Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution The MPCA will administer grants to local units of government to study and implement solutions that Statewide 2015 Control Agency Gaylen Reetz Control Agency (651) 757-2664 Technical Assistance protect basins and watersheds of Minnesota before water quality standards are exceeded. 2015 $54,111.00 The goal of this project is to support the Stressor Identification portion of the Minnesota Watershed MPCA Stressor Identification Report approach by designing a template used to develop Stressor Identification Reports for watersheds across Statewide Template LimnoTech Christopher L Klucas MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2498 Technical Assistance the State of Minnesota. 2014 $33,124.00

Assessment/Evaluation, Education/Outreach/ 2014 $4,105,849.00 Engagement, Modeling, This project supports activities by MPCA Watershed Division staff that provide technical assistance, MPCA Total Maximum Daily Load Monitoring, Planning, project oversight, coordination, outreach and other agency activities associated with assessing, listing (TMDL) Technical Assistance/Project Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Restoration/Enhancement, and conducting Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies throughout the State of Minnesota. Project Statewide Oversight Control Agency Gaylen Reetz Control Agency (651) 757-2664 Technical Assistance also includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with TMDL work at the MPCA. 2015 $4,173,501.00

This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab 2014 $3,289,104.00 analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with MPCA Water Monitoring Section Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Assessment/Evaluation, monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the Statewide Activities 2014-2015 Control Agency Pam Anderson Control Agency (651) 757-2190 Monitoring current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality. 2015 $3,650,679.00

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) uses a watershed-oriented approach to assess surface Assessment/Evaluation, water quality and define restoration and protection measures. Each of Minnesota's 81 major watersheds 2014 $1,000,000.00 Digitization/Online info access, is assessed intensively every 10 years, based on a staggered schedule that addresses, on average, MPCA Watershed Data Integration Education/Outreach/ eight watersheds per year. To increase the amount of data directly available to the public online, and Development Project- TMDL Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Engagement, to make internal operations more efficient, the MPCA started a multi-year Watershed Data Integration Statewide Research Enhanced Database Control Agency Gaylen Reetz Control Agency (651) 757-2664 Technical Assistance Project (WDIP). 2015 $1,000,000.00

The goal of this project is to analyze and document database architecture, platform, table structures, 2014 $1,000,000.00 systems and data fields at six Minnesota agencies (Board of Soil and Water Resources, Department of Multi-Agency Watershed Database Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Digitization/Online info access, Natural Resources, MN Department of Agriculture, MN Department of Health, Metropolitan Council, and Statewide Reporting Portal Control Agency Gaylen Reetz Control Agency (651) 757-2664 Technical Assistance MN Pollution Control Agency) for 30+ databases related to water. 2015 $1,000,000.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 7 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

Minnesota Erosion Control Minnesota Erosion Education/Outreach/ MECA will offer day sessions intended to educate permittees on the requirements for the MS4 permit. Statewide MS4 Education Association Ruth Kraemer Control Association (320) 685-5444 Engagement The sessions will be held in Vadnais Heights, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud, St. Paul and Mankato Minnesota. 2014 $4,983.84

The West Fork Des Moines Headwaters Water Sampling Project consists of collecting water samples and along with field data from three sampling sites within the West Fork Des Moines River Headwaters located in Murray County, MN. The sampling will take place from May 2014 through September 2014, and then again from June 2015 through August 2015. During this sampling regime, the three stream sites will be sampled sixteen times. Field replicates as well as blanks will be collected also. The three sites identified for sampling are the West Fork Des Moines RIver, Beaver Creek, and Lime Creek. All Murray County FY14 Surface Water samples will be driven to Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories in New Ulm immediately after being Des Moines River - Headwaters Assessment Grant Murray County Chris Hansen Murray County (507) 836-1165 Monitoring taken to ensure holding times for certain analytes are not exceeded. 2014 $12,583.57

2014 $691,911.00

National Pollutant Discharge System Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Assessment/Evaluation, Staffing support for the development of permits that provide for implementation of TMDL requirements Statewide Waste/Stormwater TMDL Control Agency Mark Schmitt Control Agency (651) 757-2698 Technical Assistance at wastewater facilities and stormwater permittees. 2015 $831,629.00

The goal of this workplan is to define the major factors causing harm to fish and other river and stream life within the Nemadji Watershed. The work will complete the strength of evidence tables, will explain the linkages between biological monitoring results and water quality assessments, and will organize this information into a scientific evidence structure that supports the conclusions of the overall process. Multiple lines of evidence are reviewed and evaluated to produce a final evaluative report. This work order, the second of two, begins in 2013 and will be completed in year 2014. With this work completed, Nemadji - Stressor ID Study - Emmons & Olivier the Nemadji watershed will be on target for completion of TMDLs and a full watershed wide (WRAPS) Nemadji River Phase 2 Resources (EOR) Karen Rae Evens MPCA Duluth Office (218) 302-6644 Assessment/Evaluation report in 2015. 2014 $99,973.32 North Fork Crow Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy (WRAPS) Total Maximum Daily Load The goal of this project is to add dual endpoints to the turbidity section of the North Fork Crow TMDL so North Fork Crow River (TMDL) Wenck Associates, Inc. Margaret R Leach MPCA Brainerd Office (218) 316-3895 Restoration/Enhancement that it addresses the proposed TSS standards. 2014 $1,524.00

Minnesota Clean Water Funds will be used to complete a paleolimological study of the St. Louis River Estuary for the purpose of providing information critical to removing Beneficial Use Impairments in the St. Louis River Area of Concern. This project will reconstruct the biological (algal load and composition), geochemical (organic and inorganic), sediment, and mercury chronology to identify historical temporal and spatial variations in the St. Louis River Estuary in order to better understand the natural and anthropogenic drivers related to beneficial use impairments for the St. Louis River Area of Concern. The paleolimnological information obtained in this study will provide baseline data for sound management decisions and restoration goals for future efforts to restore the quality of ecological systems in western Lake Superior. The project will provide linkages between ecosystem function and historical water quality, and important interpretations will be made regarding the efficacy of sewage treatment as a remedial accomplishment in the Great Lakes basin.Year 4 of a 5-year operational capacity grant from USEPA will continue support for MPCA and MNDNR actions under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. This will support Minnesota's effort to develop and implment the Lake Superior Lakewide Action Management Plan (LAMP) and the St. Louis River Area of Concern Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Assessment/Evaluation, provide for staff capacity to assess ecosystems, assure quality data, remediate problems in order to St. Louis River Area of Concern Natural Resources Natural Resources Monitoring, remove beneficial use impairment and make progress towards delisting the St. Louis River Area of St. Louis River Paleolimnology Research Institute Dr.Euan Reavie Research Institute (218) 720-4279 Research Concern. 2014 $298,787.00

The City of Annandale intends to implement stormwater infiltration systems to reduce stormwater Pleasant Lake Stormwater Quality discharge volumes and to prevent the discharge of nutrients and sediment from urban runoff into local Mississippi River - St. Cloud Improvements Annandale, City of Jared Voge Annandale, City of (320) 212-3150 Restoration/Enhancement water bodies. 2015 $135,000.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 8 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded Regional public projects that are the focus of the proposed project include: Infiltration areas and a sedimentation pond enhancement in subwatersheds N3/N4; Parking lot storm drain rain gardens and a sedimentation pond enlargement in subwatersheds N5/N6; An infiltration area and a sedimentation pond enhancement in subwatersheds S9/S11; Ditch checks along Highway 13 in subwatershed 10. The project social outcome goal is that watershed residents will understand that immediate phosphorus reduction actions result in future benefits to water quality; in other words, that tangible benefits of watershed BMPs implemented now may only appear in long-term, future trends, and not until full BMP establishment (in particular, vegetation). This goal will be achieved through community outreach Prior Lake - Lower Prior Lake Prior Lake-Spring Lake Prior Lake-Spring Lake activities, educational displays of projects located in public parks, and the solicitation of feedback from Mississippi River - Winona Protection Project Implementation Watershed District Diane Lynch Watershed District (952) 447-4166 Restoration/Enhancement stakeholder groups. 2015 $128,522.00

Protection and Restoration of Water Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Assessment/Evaluation, This will fund a competitive grant program for sewer projects that will help protect or restore the water Statewide Quality in Minnesota National Parks Control Agency Jim Anderson Control Agency (651) 757-2193 Restoration/Enhancement quality of waters in national parks located within Minnesota. 2014 $1,500,000.00

CWF-14, Rainy River Headwaters - Lake County Soil and Lake County Soil and Local Civic Engagement & WRAP Water Conservation Water Conservation Education/Outreach/ This project in the Rainy River Headwaters provides local civic engagement and Watershed Restoration Rainy River - Headwaters Support (in Lake County) District Jennifer Thiemann District (218) 834-8370 Engagement and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) support. 2014 $128,000.00

Rainy River - Headwaters, Rainy River Headwaters, Vermilion North St. Louis County North St. Louis County Assessment/Evaluation, St. Louis River, River and St. Louis River Watershed Soil and Water Soil and Water Education/Outreach/ The goal of this project is the development of the Rainy River Headwaters, Vermilion River and St. Vermilion River Local Civic Engagement WRAPS Conservation District Paul Ojanen Conservation District (218) 749-2000 Engagement Louis River Watersheds Local Civic Engagement and Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy. 2014 $135,994.20

The stream monitoring will follow the stream monitoring parameters and frequency tables outlined in the Surface Water Assessment Grant (SWAG) Request for Proposals (RFP). Specifically over the two-year grant period, monitoring will include 19 sets of field measurements for specific conductance, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, secchi tube readings, and one upstream photograph at each visit. In 2014, all 18 sites will be sampled bi-monthly May-September for total suspended volatile solids, total suspended solids, total phosphorus, ammonia-nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, sulfate, chloride, and hardness as CaCO3. From June-August, E. coli will be sampled three times per month. Two of the eighteen sites will also be monitored following the river nutrient sampling regime and in 2014 will require sampling for chlorophyll a, corrected for pheophytin, twice monthly from June-August and once in September. A QA/QC field replicate sample will be collected at all sites the last round of July. In 2015, the 18 sites will be sampled for E. coli bi-monthly from June-August. The two river nutrient Red Lake Department of Red Lake Department sampling sites will also be sampled for total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, and Upper/Lower Red Lake Red Lake DNR FY 14 SWAG Natural Resources Kayla Bowe of Natural Resources (218) 679-1607 Monitoring chlorophyll a, corrected for pheophytin, bi-monthly from June-August. 2014 $84,959.76 The Clearwater River Watershed in northwestern Minnesota is a targeted watershed for the 2014-15 Surface Water Assessment Grant (SWAG) funding. A partnership of local agencies will monitor water quality at the targeted sites within this watershed that are listed in Appendix C of the 2014 Surface Water Assessment Grants (SWAG) Request for Proposal (RFP) document. Fifteen monitoring sites have been chosen within the Clearwater River watershed. Each of these sites will provide a representative assessment of the water quality within one or more minor subwatersheds at the aggregated 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) level. The Red Lake Watershed District will be open Red Lake Watershed District FY 14 Red Lake Watershed Red Lake Watershed to any post-RFP changes requested by the MPCA IWM biologist and will incorporate them into the Clearwater River Surface Water Assessment Grant District Corey Hanson District (218) 681-5800 Monitoring SWAG work plan. 2014 $77,429.28

Bois de Sioux River, Buffalo River, Clearwater River, Mustinka River, Red Lake River, Red River of the North - Sandhill River, 2014 $100,000.00 Red River of the North - Tamarac River, Roseau River, Snake River, Education/Outreach/ Thief River, Engagement, The goal of this project is to engage citizens in local watershed monitoring, work with regional partners Two Rivers, Red River Basin River Watch FY14- Red River Watershed Red River Watershed Monitoring, to promote understanding and protection of watersheds, and organize and facilitate gathering of Wild Rice River FY15 Management Board Naomi Erickson Management Board (218) 844-6166 Technical Assistance scientific data for the benefit of water quality in the Red River Basin. 2015 $100,000.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 9 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

The primary outcome of this project will be to work with five local landowners to implement BMPs that focus on protection of the Renville County portion of the Minnesota River- Mankato Watershed from elevated nutrient levels, in particular phosphorus. This project will utilize outreach and education to Renville County Minnesota River- Hawk Creek Watershed Hawk Creek Watershed incorporate public involvement and input into targeted BMP implementation and the decision making Minnesota River - Mankato Mankato Watershed Protection District Heidi Rauenhorst District (320) 523-3666 Restoration/Enhancement process of watershed issues. 2015 $242,587.00

Roseau River Watershed HSPF MPCA Detroit Lakes The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate and validate a watershed model using HSPF for the Roseau River Modeling RESPEC Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling Roseau River Watershed. 2015 $99,999.00

Emmons & Olivier Gregory Mississippi River - Brainerd Sauk River Chain of Lakes Phase II Resources (EOR) Charles VanEeckhout MPCA Brainerd Office (218) 316-3896 Restoration/Enhancement Develop a phosphorus TMDL for Eden and Vails Lakes in the Sauk River Watershed. 2014 $9,980.80

Sauk River Chain of Lakes Site Emmons & Olivier Gregory The goal of this project is the development of a phosphorus TMDL for the eleven impaired lakes in the Sauk River Specific TMDL Resources (EOR) Charles VanEeckhout MPCA Brainerd Office (218) 316-3896 Restoration/Enhancement Sauk River Watershed. 2014 $41,783.80

This project will provide lake and stream monitoring assistance to the Minnesota Pollution Control Scott Soil and Water Scott Soil and Water Agency (MPCA), identifying impaired waters within the Lower Minnesota RIver Watershed (Watershed Lower Minnesota River Scott SWCD FY 14 SWAG Conservation District Katie Wigen Conservation District (952) 492-5425 Monitoring ID: 07020012) according to the Intensive Watershed Monitoring (IWM) Approach. 2014 $78,338.03

Koochiching County Soil & Koochiching County Second Creek Monitoring - Rainy Water Conservation Soil & Water Stream Monitoring in Second Creek for the open water season of 2014 (ice out through freeze up; May Rainy River - Rainy Lake Lake/Rainy River District Pam Tomevi Conservation District (218) 283-1174 Monitoring through November). 2014 $2,915.00

Blue Earth River, Cannon River, Chippewa River, Cottonwood River, Crow Wing River, Kettle River, Lac Qui Parle River, Le Sueur River, leech Lake, Leech Lake River, Long Prairie River, The goal of this project is the continued development of an overall strategy for reduction of Lower Minnesota River, turbidity/TSS, with sets of sediment reduction initiatives and actions for various sources, to address the Lower St. Croix River, Sediment Reduction Strategies for the Minnesota River Turbidity TMDL and the South Metro Mississippi River TSS TMDL. The overall strategy Minnesota River MN and Mississippi Rivers LimnoTech Larry Mark Gunderson MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2400 Assessment/Evaluation will be used to help establish a path towards achieving the required reductions of turbidity/TSS. 2014 $29,932.00

The proposed project area covers roughly one hundred square miles within Sibley County, but also includes a small portion of Nicollet County where Judicial Ditch 1A runs into the south branch of the Rush River. One lake and seven streams are part of the proposed project monitoring sites. Of the seven stream locations, two are part of the High Island Creek Watershed, while the remaining five are part of the Rush River Watershed. The lone lake, Lake Washington, falls within the Bevens Creek Watershed. Both the High Island Creek and Rush River watersheds were part of earlier implementation projects, reaching back to the late 1990s, to reduce the amount of nutrients and pollutants from entering into their waterways. Water quality concerns include high levels of total suspended solids, total phosphorus, and nitrate/nitrite-N (NO2+NO3+N). Recently, both watersheds have sought to address the amount of fecal coliform bacteria currently found in the streams and rivers through separate grant programs. Both the High Creek and Rush River have sections listed on 303d Impaired Waters list, as does J.D. 1A (one of the proposed project monitoring locations). Lake Washington has been listed since 1998, initially for levels of mercury found in fish tissue, and most recently in 2008 for nutrient/eutrophication biological Lower Minnesota River Sibley County FY 14 SWAG Sibley County Nicholas Bancks Sibley County (507) 237-5435 Monitoring indicators. 2014 $26,556.20

Snake River & Grand Marais Creek MPCA Detroit Lakes Continue and finalize watershed models using Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) for Snake River HSPF Modeling RESPEC Michael M Vavricka Office (218) 846-8137 Modeling the Grand Marais Creek and Snake River Watersheds and complete the calibration/validation process. 2015 $100,000.00

Assessment/Evaluation, Snake-Middle River Watershed Snake River Watershed Snake River Watershed Education/Outreach/ This project will result in the completion of the first phase of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Snake River Restoration and Protection Strategy Management Board Nick Drees Management Board (218) 745-4741 Engagement Strategy (WRAPS) for the Snake-Middle River Watershed. 2014 $185,000.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 10 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded Mississippi River - La Crescent, Mississippi River - Reno, Mississippi River - Winona, Root River, The goal of this project is to investigate nitrate transport and the sources of nitrate in karst for more Upper Iowa River, Southwest Minnesota WRAP Nitrogen Monitoring, effective implementation of best management practices that will reduce nitrate concentrations in ground Zumbro River Planning Fillmore County Donna Rasmussen Fillmore County (507) 765-3878 Research and surface water. 2014 $56,717.00

The final product will be a document of final action for an individual Subsurface Sewage Treatment SSTS - Advanced Inspector - System (SSTS) that a properly certified Advanced Inspector has reviewed to provide adequate Statewide Morrison County Morrison County Amy Kowalzek Morrison County (320) 632-0150 Technical Assistance environmental protection in accordance with Minnesota Rules. 2014 $5,000.00

MPCA will administer funding to eligible Local Governmental Units to use MPCA-approved Advanced Inspectors to conduct work in accordance with Minn. Rules 7080, 7081, and 7083, which requires proper 2014 $525,369.00 location, design, installation, use and maintenance of an individual subsurface sewage treatment Assessment/Evaluation, system (SSTS) with a design flow of 2,500 gallons per day or more that protects the public health, Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Restoration/Enhancement, safety, general welfare, and the environment by the discharge of adequately treated sewage to the Statewide SSTS Advanced Inspector Program Control Agency Charles Thompson Control Agency (651) 757-2777 Technical Assistance groundwater. Multiple contracts will be awarded. Project funding also includes leases and indirect costs. 2015 $584,196.00

Assessment/Evaluation, Education/Outreach/ Mississippi River - Headwaters, Emmons & Oliver MPCA Detroit Lakes Engagement, Otter Tail River St. Clair Lake TMDL Resources (EOR) Timothy R James Office (218) 846-8103 Restoration/Enhancement The goal of this project is to develop a phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for St. Clair Lake. 2014 $30,000.00

The SCWWTF is currently conducting long term planning for future biosolids management. The most Mississippi River - Lake Pepin, likely path forward includes dewatering of the digested biosolids, which will produce a supernatant Mississippi River - St. Cloud, stream with significant phosphorus and ammonia loads that would be returned to the liquids treatment Mississippi River - Twin Cities, St. Cloud WWTF Nutrient Harvesting Assessment/Evaluation, portion of the WWTF. Returning these nutrient loads to the liquids train would result in increases to Mississippi River - Winona Pilot Project Saint Cloud, City of City of St. Cloud Saint Cloud, City of (320) 650-2812 Demonstration/Pilot Project effluent concentrations, increases in power consumption, or both. 2014 $35,507.50

This Partnership Agreement is a 5-year effort that will provide the technical, planning and engineering assistance for implementation of the 2013 St. Louis River Area of Concern Remedial Action Plan. Through this agreement the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and MPCA will develop detailed work plans and construction design plans for numerous sites in the project AOC and assist with critical AOC-wide issues. • 21st Avenue West Restoration Site. Outcome will be preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • Knowlton Creek Site. Prepare preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development for stream restoration. • 40th Avenue West & Grassy Point Sites. Prepare preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • Chambers Grove Site. Prepare preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • Perch Lake Site. Prepare preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • Kingsbury Bay Site. Prepare preliminary to final engineering designs and costs ready for bid package development. • NHPA/SHPO Analysis. Conduct National Historic Preservation Act/SHPO review and analysis for all identified Remedial Action Plan sites within the SLRAOC. • Federal Partners. Provide funding to Federal Partners for required participation on site teams for two years. • Operational Capacity/Project Management. Assist with Interagency U.S. Army Corps of U.S. Army Corps of Coordination including but not limited to: Creation of a Project Management Plan (PMP); creation of an St. Louis River AOC USACE Engineers - (USACE) Engineers - (USACE) AOC-Wide Communication Plan. • Risk Assessment/Monitoring. The Corps will provide expert technical Remedial Action Plan Partnership Detroit District - Plan Detroit District - Plan support for the review and assessment of risks that may result from placement of dredged material for St. Louis River Agreement Formulation Branch Martin Kuhn Formulation Branch (313) 226-2283 Restoration/Enhancement habitat restoration and other BUI remedial projects. 2014 $1,201,200.00

Staffing support to evaluate the performance of existing stormwater infiltration sites, as identified in the Assessment/Evaluation, Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) project. Monitor the range of existing infiltration devices in Stormwater Research & Tool Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Research, Minnesota and compare to design criteria, maintenance records, and quantify year-round infiltration Statewide Development Control Agency Ryan Anderson Control Agency (651) 757-2222 Technical Assistance rates. Develop and refine pretreatment options and standards for municipal stormwater treatment. 2014 $162,243.00

Staffing support to evaluate the performance of existing stormwater infiltration sites, as identified in the Assessment/Evaluation, Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) project. Monitor the range of existing infiltration devices in Stormwater Research & Tool Minnesota Pollution Minnesota Pollution Research, Minnesota and compare to design criteria, maintenance records, and quantify year-round infiltration Statewide Development Control Agency Ryan Anderson Control Agency (651) 757-2222 Technical Assistance rates. Develop and refine pretreatment options and standards for municipal stormwater treatment. 2015 $171,456.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 11 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

Systems Biology Approach to Environmental Toxicants in Aquatic University of St. Dr. Dalma Martinovic is studying the genetic and molecular biological effect of pharmaceuticals and Statewide Ecosystems University of St. Thomas Dr. Dalma Martinovic Thomas (651) 962-5233 Research endocrine active chemicals on organisms. 2015 $48,054.40

Carlton County Soil and Carlton County Soil and The goal of this project is to collect updated lake water quality data for the lakes in the Tamarack River Tamarack Watershed Monitoring in Water Conservation Water Conservation chain to feed HSPF modeling during the MPCA Watershed Monitoring program scheduled for 2015, and Mississippi River - Grand Rapids Carlton County District Brad Matlack District (218) 384-3891 Monitoring allow for better targeting of issues and lakes for implementation of clean water practices. 2014 $11,770.75

The goals of Phase I of the TRW WRAP are to: 1) gather or develop watershed data needed for the development of the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy; and 2) establish project and sub- Two Rivers Watershed Restoration Two Rivers Watershed Two Rivers Watershed basin work groups, develop a social outcomes strategy, and develop a civic engagement evaluation Two Rivers and Protection Project - Phase 1 District Daniel Money District (218) 842-3333 Assessment/Evaluation strategy to guide the WRAP project. 2014 $148,526.99

University of Minnesota University of Minnesota The Natural Resource Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth proposes to collect lake University of Minnesota Natural Office of Sponsored Office of Sponsored data in northeastern Minnesota. The sites selected are those the county water planners will not be Resources Research Institute FY 14 Projects Administration Projects Administration monitoring. The project goal is to assist the MPCA with meeting the objectives of the SWAG to conduct Rainy River - Headwaters Surface Water Assessment Grant (SPA) Elaine Ruzycki (SPA) (218) 726-8342 Monitoring water chemistry monitoring at three MPCA specified lake sampling locations. 2014 $17,131.27 Education/Outreach/ Engagement, Mississippi River - Sartell, Planning, Mississippi River - St. Cloud, Upper Mississippi River Bacteria Emmons & Olivier Restoration/Enhancement, The goal of this project is the completion of an Upper Mississippi River Bacteria TMDL and Protection Mississippi River - Twin Cities TMDL Resources (EOR) Barbara A Peichel MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 757-2646 Technical Assistance Plan. In addition, an Implementation Plan will be developed and finalized under this contract. 2014 $38,120.48

Vermilion/Rainy River Community Five locations will be monitored in support of the combined Vermilion Community College and Rainy College 2014-2015 Watershed River Community College 2014 – 2015 MPCA Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) Rainy River - Baudette, Pollutant Load Monitoring Networ Vermilion Community Vermilion Community Sampling Grant. Water samples, field measurements, field images / pictures, and other measurements Vermilion River Grants College O'Niell Tedrow College (706) 224-1589 Monitoring and observations will be obtained at each location during each sampling event. 2014 $149,015.60

Vermillion Community College Eight locations will be monitored in support of the Vermilion Community College (VCC) Surface Water Surface Water Assessment Grant - Vermilion Community Vermilion Community Assessment Grant (SWAG). Water samples, field measurements, field images / pictures, and other Rainy River - Headwaters Fiscal Year 2014 College O'Niell Tedrow College (218) 235-2125 Monitoring measurements and observations will be obtained at each location during each sampling event. 2014 $81,798.90

The VRWJPO is pursuing a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) project in cooperation with the MPCA in order to better identify the sources of stress and impairment to the river, tributaries, and lakes and evaluate the feasibility of reaching water quality goals, and properly allocating pollution reduction goals to those areas identified as likely pollution sources. Successful restoration and Education/Outreach/ protection outcomes are dependent on successful community building and ownership of both the Engagement, problems and solutions identified in the WRAPS. The civic engagement process is taking place to Vermillion River Watershed Vermillion River Vermillion River Monitoring, involve diverse community interests in 1) understanding impairments and their causes, 2) identifying Restoration Protection Strategies Watershed Joint Powers Watershed Joint Planning, opportunities to restore impaired waters, and 3) building strategies for protecting the watershed’s Mississippi River - Lake Pepin Phase II (VRWJPO) Organization Travis Thiel Powers Organization (952) 891-7546 Technical Assistance resources. 2014 $78,779.00

The goal is to develop the WRAPS and a public and stakeholder participation process that encourages local involvement in water quality discussions and solutions, identifying impaired waters, developing TMDLS; and planning, setting priorities, and implementing the WRAPS recommendation to restore impaired waters. Phase II of the WRAPS will consists of developing TMDLs for the impaired reaches as well as developing the final WRAPS document and implementation planning. Phase II builds on the data collected in Phase I and completes necessary allocations as well as target identification. Phase II of the Assessment/Evaluation, WRAPS will consist of additional data collection or needs remaining from Phase I, as well as beginning Education/Outreach/ the work to identify potential sources of the remaining stream reach impairments; E. coli and fecal Mississippi River - Lake Pepin Vermillion River WRAPS Phase II Wenck Associates, Inc. Steve Menden Wenck Associates, Inc. (763) 479-4247 Engagement coliform bacteria, and the excess nutrient impairment in Alimagnet Lake and East lake. 2014 $147,761.00

Clean Water Fund Projects List FY2014-FY2015 • wq-gen1-08 • May 2015 12 of 13 Awarded Project Contact or MPCA Project Manager State Fiscal County/Watershed Project Title Awarded Organization First Name Last Name Organization Phone Number Project Type Project Summary Year CWF Awarded

Assessment/Evaluation, 2014 $47,998.00 Education/Outreach/ Wastewater Treatment System Minnesota Pollution Henningsgaar Minnesota Pollution Engagement, This provides a project manager to work with regulated parties to identify new or more efficient ways of Statewide Design & Technical Assistance Control Agency Bruce d Control Agency (651) 757-2427 Technical Assistance meeting standards at wastewater treatment facilities (municipal and industrial). 2015 $49,505.00

Minnesota State University Minnesota State Develop a network of informed citizens, business people, community leaders and others capable of Watonwan River Watershed Civic - Mankato Water University - Mankato Education/Outreach/ acting collectively to get work done in a sustained, strategic and meaningful way through a sense of Watonwan River Engagement Resource Center Kimberly Musser Water Resource Center (507) 389-6623 Engagement shared ownership in the water resource management process. 2014 $241,130.40

In conjunction with the Watonwan Major Watershed Project engagement process, create a contact Greater Blue Earth strategy for community/landowner opportunities, obstacles, and opinions on land management and Watonwan River Watershed Local Greater Blue Earth River River Basin Alliance Education/Outreach/ water quality that will result in the identification of restoration and protection strategies for the Watonwan Watonwan River Land MGMT Strategy Basin Alliance (GBERBA) Kay Clark (GBERBA) (507) 831-1153 Engagement River watershed. 2014 $58,638.00

The goal of this project is to establish a framework that the local government can use to guide their involvement as the WFDMR Watershed Project progresses over the next four years. This will enhance CWF-14 West Fork Des Moines Rvr Heron Lake Watershed Heron Lake Watershed the success of the overarching goal of providing a framework for which the local government and Des Moines River - Headwaters Watershed Project - Phase 1 District Jan Voit District (507) 793-2462 Assessment/Evaluation watershed organizations can engage the public in a manner that will lead to water quality improvement. 2014 $31,643.00

U.S.G.S: United States U.S.G.S: United States Dept of Interior, Dept of Interior, Wheeler's Point Stream Gauging Geological Survey Geological Survey The project objective is to compute and publish mean daily-discharge data for the Rainy River at Rainy River - Baudette Station MINNESOTA Fallon James MINNESOTA (763) 783-3120 Monitoring Wheelers Point. 2014 $9,790.00 Assessment/Evaluation, Education/Outreach/ Engagement, Wild Rice Watershed Wild Rice Watershed Planning, Assesss current data sources and preliminary information about the conditions in the watershed and Wild Rice River Wild Rice Watershed District Wraps District Jeremiah Jazdzewski District (218) 784-5501 Restoration/Enhancement present the information through bibliographies, abstracts and memos. 2015 $109,472.60

Windom Denitrification Evaluation Des Moines River - Headwaters Project City of Windom City of Windom City of Windom (507) 831-6129 Demonstration/Pilot Project The pilot project proposed will study the effectiveness of denitrification. 2014 $153,820.00

Demonstration/Pilot Project, Planning, The goal of this project is the development of an automated planning tool to complete the Twin Cities Statewide Winter Maintenance Assessment Tool LimnoTech Brooke C Asleson MPCA ST. Paul Office (651) 330-6038 Technical Assistance Metropolitan Area Chloride Watershed Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS). 2014 $69,956.00

Zumbro River watershed HSPF model will be refined to include recent data and information as well as Zumbro River Watershed Hydrologic evaluate various management scenarios to inform the most effective actions for reducing sediment and Simulation Program FORTRAN nutrient loading and improving water quality. Specifically, to provide the foundation for the Lake Zumbro Zumbro River (HSPF) Modeling Phase II LimnoTech Justin Daniel Watkins MPCA Rochester Office (507) 206-2621 Modeling Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). 2014 $75,027.00

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