Minnesota's Impaired Waters and TMDLs

TMDL Project: South Fork Crow River Lakes TMDL - Excess Nutrients

Background

This project addresses Eagle, Oak, and Swede lakes in Carver County. They all exceed the state of Minnesota’s water quality standard for nutrients (phosphorus). Carver County Land and Water Services is taking the technical lead in both developing this TMDL study and coordinating implementation activities to restore these water bodies.

Map and location

The South Fork Crow River lakes are located in Carver County, west of the Twin Cities metro area. The lakes are in the South Fork Crow River watershed in the Upper Mississippi River basin, in areas that are primarily rural.

The three lake impairments listed below included in this project can be viewed on the map.

• Eagle Lake
• Oak Lake
• Swede Lake

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TMDL report and implementation plan

•  Factsheet (wq-iw8-23a)
• Final TMDL Report (wq-iw8-23e)
• EPA Approval Letter (September 28, 2010) (wq-iw8-23g)
• TMDL Implementation Plan (November 3, 2010) (wq-iw8-23c)

Other documents

None at this time.

Meetings and events

See the TMDL Meetings, Events and News page for notices of general interest and event-related information on impaired waters/TMDLs.

Links

• Minnesota watersheds
• Upper Mississippi River Basin
• Basins in Minnesota

Information contact

Chris Zadak, Project Manager
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-757-2837
chris.zadak@state.mn.us