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Blind Tile Inlet Project
Le Sueur Soil and Water Conservation District

Location
Project Description		 Funding and Cost Share
Outcome		 Contact Information
ArcView Shape Files
Blind Tile Inlet Project map
Area Location and Definition:

The project area includes the Lower Minnesota River Watershed and Middle Minnesota River Watershed within the Minnesota River Basin in Le Sueur County.

Project Description:

The Blind Tile Inlet Project replaces approximately 100 surface tile inlets in the Minnesota River Watershed with rock inlets by June 30th, 2001. Studies have shown rock inlets to reduce loading of sediment by 1/2 and phosphorous by 2/3. The project design involves a muck pipe inlet buried below ground in 4 cubic yards of pea rock. The installation is an affordable conservation practice, applicable to the hundreds of tile intlets throughout the watershed in Le Sueur County, for an overall improvement of water quality in the Minnesota River Basin. The Le Sueur SWCD will supervise the installations and provide the design, with the landowners to maintain a good rock filter.

Project Funding and Cost Share:
Total Project Cost   $26,667  
Minus Federal Funds   $0  
Eligible Cost Share   $26,667  
 
    State 75% MRBJPB
 $20,000    
    Local 25%
 $6,667    


Outcome:
  After Project  
Soil Loss: 0.5 ton soil per year per inlet  
Phosphorus Load: 0.6 pounds phosphorus per year per inlet  


Contact Information
     Applicant:   Le Sueur SWCD
     Contact Person:   Gene Krautkremer
     Address:   145 E. Minnesota St., LeCenter MN
     Phone:   507-357-4879
     Fax:   507-357-6982

Downloadable ArcView Shape File

The shape file is the project location. Data base attributes include project name, project id, type of project, major watershed, minor watershed, county, and if applicable, township and section. The file is zipped to include the ArcView shape file, metadata and data dictionary files.

Project location shape file metadata will be available June, 2001. Please contact MRBDC staff  if you have questions or have trouble accessing these files.

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