Minnesota's Impaired Waters and TMDLs
TMDL Project: Shingle Creek - Chloride
Background
Shingle Creek, from its headwaters in Brooklyn Park at the junction of Bass Creek and Eagle Creek to its confluence with the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, is impaired for aquatic life due to excessive levels of chloride. The critical condition for the chloride impairment in Shingle Creek is winter runoff. Chloride reductions will mainly come through the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) by the road maintenance authorities and private commercial applicators. The TMDL report was approved by the EPA on February 14, 2007. The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission is coordinating the TMDL implementation plan development and implementation for its member cities. Hennepin County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) also cooperated in the development of the TMDL and implementation plan.
Map and location
Shingle Creek is located in the northwestern portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region. It is part of the Mississippi River - Twin Cities watershed in the Upper Mississippi River basin.
See Figure 3-1 in the Final Project Report for a map of Shingle Creek Watershed.
TMDL report and implementation plan
TMDL report approved by the EPA on February 14, 2007.
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
Information contact
Tim Larson
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194
651-757-2341
timothy.larson@state.mn.us