Minnesota's Impaired Waters and TMDLs
Project: Meadow Lake TMDL — Excess Nutrients
Background
Meadow Lake is a shallow lake located in the city of New Hope. The 103-acre drainage area to the lake is fully developed urban and suburban land. Meadow Lake outlets by storm sewer to Bass Creek, which discharges to Shingle Creek and ultimately into the Mississippi River. The state placed Meadow Lake on the 2002 impaired waters list for exceeding the nutrient water quality standard. Excess nutrients such as phosphorus from stormwater runoff create poor water quality conditions causing frequent summer algal blooms which limit recreational activities.
The goal of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report is to quantify the pollutant reductions needed for Meadow Lake to meet state water quality standards. The MPCA is partnering with the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission and their consultant, Wenck Associates, Inc. to complete the Meadow Lake TMDL Report and Implementation Plan.
Map and location
Meadow Lake is located in the city of New Hope in the northwestern Twin Cities metro area. It lies in the Shingle Creek watershed of the Mississippi River - Twin Cities watershed in the Upper Mississippi River basin.
Map of Meadow Lake- 2008 Map of Impaired Lakes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- More maps are available on theMPCA's Impaired Waters Viewer.
TMDL report and implementation plan
- Fact Sheet (wq-iw8-18a)
- FinalTMDL Report (wq-iw8-18e)
- EPA Approval Letter (wq-iw8-18g) (March 23, 2010)
- TMDL Implementation Plan (Approved by MPCA on June 14, 2010) (wq-iw8-18c)
Other documents
None.
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
- Local Sponsor: Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
- Consultant: Wenck Associates
Information contact
Barb Peichel
TMDL Project Manager
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-757-2646
barbara.peichel@state.mn.us