MRBDC Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP), Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)

The project area includes all minor watersheds of the Chippewa River Major Watershed (26) located within the following counties: Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, and Swift.

The Chippewa River Watershed Project is a Phase I - Diagnostic, MPCA Clean Water Partnership Project, funded in 1998 through the year 2000. The project is sponsored by Chippewa County. Contributing sponsors include: Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, and Swift Counties, Water Planners, and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs); Prairie Country and WesMin Resource Conservation and Development Councils (RC&Ds); Land Stewardship Project; US Geological Survey, Agricultural Research Services; and the Benson Wastewater Treatment Plant. The goals of the project are to assess water quality and land use through a cooperative partnership and citizen based approach and to achieve widespread public support for Clean Water Implementation Projects. There are no data to report at this stage of the Diagnostic Study.

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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.