MRBDC Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)

MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)



Minor watershed number(s):   28057, 28080, 28081, 28084, 28085, 28086, 28087, 28088, 28089, 28090, 28091, 28097

The project area is the Little Cottonwood River watershed which includes minor watersheds 28057, 28080, 28081, 28084, 28085, 28086, 28087, 28088, 28089, 28090, 28091, and 28097.

The Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project is Phase I - Diagnostic, MPCA Clean Water Partnership Project, originally funded from 1997-1999. Funding was later extended to the year 2000. The project is sponsored by the Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board with the following contributing sponsors: Brown-Nicollet Environmental Health, Extension Service, SWCD's, Environmental Offices, Planning and Zoning for Brown and Cottonwood Counties, Regional and area Department of Natural Resources Staff (DNR), Regional Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources Staff (BWSR), and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The overall goal of this project is to encourage land use changes within the watershed that will reduce nutrient and sediment loading into the Little Cottonwood River. The purpose of this diagnostic study is to document factors affecting the hydrology and chemistry of the Little Cottonwood River and develop realistic reduction goals essential to the creation of an implementation plan which will help meet downstream water quality objectives for the Minnesota River.

Feedlots

Data Summary Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes data from an inventory of feedlots in the Little Cottonwood River watershed completed in 1998.
Data Description Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data:   Feedlots
Format:  GIS ArcView
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Brown, Nicollet, Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board
Pedigree (originator):  Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes surface water quality data collected during baseline flow conditions from four sites within the Little Cottonwood River watershed in 1998. Analysis includes total suspended solids, total phosphorus, ortho-phosphorus, nitrate-nitrogen, ammonia, total Kjeldahl nitrogen. The following field measurements were taken were samples were collected: pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and conductivity. Additional monitoring is planned for the 1999 sampling season.
Data Description Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes flow data collected at a USGS station on the Little Cottonwood River.
Data Description Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data:   Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
Pedigree (originator):  U. S. Geologic Survey (USGS)
Comments Noadditional comments.
Last update 2/99

DISCLAIMER

These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.   The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.



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