MRBDC Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)

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Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)



Minor watershed number(s):   28031, 28033

The project area included minor watersheds 28031 and 28033 located in the Middle Minnesota River Major Watershed within Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties.

The Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project was a Phase II - Implementation, MPCA Clean Water Partnership Project funded from 1996 to 1999. Project sponsors are the Le Sueur and Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners with contributions from the following participants: Lake Washington Improvement Association, Camp Patterson Committee of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Le Sueur County Extension Office, Le Sueur and Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Le Sueur County Natural Resource Conservation Service, Le Sueur County Community Health Office, residents of the watershed, the Water Resources Center at Mankato State University, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the Department of Natural Resources. The purpose of this project is to address the sources of non-point runoff, which were determined in the previous diagnostic study, through increased public awareness, education, and implementation of best management practices. This project is currently in progress.

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes in-stream and in-lake surface water quality data collected during the 1997 and 1998 sampling seasons.
Data Description Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   In-stream and In-lake Surface Water Quality
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Pedigree (originator):  Le Sueur County Environmental Services and Water Resources Center
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes baseline and storm event surface water quantity data collected during the 1997 and 1998 sampling seasons.
Data Description Lake Washington Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   Baseline and Storm Event Surface Water Quantity
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Pedigree (originator):  Le Sueur County Environmental Services and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comments No additional 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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