Projects and Progress
School Lake Agricultural Practices
School Lake Agricultural Practices Project Description & Outcomes This project will implement cover crops and livestock waste management practices on a farm/feedlot in southern Chisago County. Practices include: cover crops,…
Read MoreEast Comfort Pond Project
East Comfort Pond Project Project Description & Outcomes This project will cleanout and expand an existing stormwater pond. It will capture and remove phosphorous from an adjacent 8-acre developed residential…
Read MoreHeath Iron Enhanced Sand Filter
Heath Iron Enhanced Sand Filter Project Description & Outcomes The Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District will construct an iron enhanced sand filter project on District-owned land in order to achieve…
Read MoreWashington Judicial Ditch-6 Wetland Restoration
Washington Judicial Ditch-6 Wetland Restoration Project Description & Outcomes The purpose of this project was to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Forest Lake via Washington Judicial Ditch-6 (WJD-6). The…
Read MoreCounty Road 50 Iron Enhanced Sand Filter
County Road 50 Iron Enhanced Sand Filter Project Description & Outcomes This project will treat 50% of this subwatershed’s runoff with a multi-cell iron enhanced sand filtration (IESF) treatment system.…
Read MoreSunrise River Highway-61 Wetland Enhancement
Sunrise River Highway-61 Wetland Enhancement Project Description & Outcomes The proposed project diverts flow from an existing ditch system in the Highway 35 drainage area, through a pre-treatment cell, and…
Read MoreCleaner Water Has Arrived
Recently completed water quality projects in Wyoming and Forest Lake are reducing algae and improving the health of our local lakes and rivers
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Project Funding
Funding Sources Obtaining outside funding from federal, state and local agencies is imperative to the implementation of capital improvement projects and other District programs and initiatives. While the District applies…
Read MoreProject Selection
Using cost-benefit analysis to choose the right projects, the District has seen tremendous progress toward achieving its water quality goals.
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