MCWD Publications
The District has created a number of publications on all sorts of topics. General District events are covered in our WaterPro and NewSplash newsletters, but we also have published Annual Reports and Stormwater Permits , White Papers, Best Management Practices (BMPs) Fact Sheets, and an array of miscellaneous documents.
WaterPro Newsletter
- Fall 2007: Jump In! MCWD Celebrates 40 Years; Watershed Heroes Awards Gala; Meet New Land Conservation staff; Green Roofs; 40 Years of Water Management: A Look Back; Traveling Exhibit Tells Story of Watershed Changes; $100,000 in Grant Funds Available; Rules Task Force Update
- Winter 2007: MCWD Adds Value to Your Education Program; Winter Infiltration; 20 Million Dollars for Conservation; Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Grants Awarded; District Seeks Rules Task Force Members; Ten Year Plan Approved by Board
- Fall 2006: MCWD Releases Draft 10-Year Plan; Street Width; District Takes Lead on TMDLs, Udai Singh, District Water Quality Specialist; MCWD Managers Attend Big Island Park Ceremony
- Summer 2006: Make the Most of Your Comprehensive Plan; Parking Lot Vegetated Swales; Former Farm to Protect Water; Harbor Wildlife; DNR Shoreland Vegetation Grants; New Features at Minnehaha Creek Headwaters; Angela Hammers New District Technician; Jeff Casale Joins MCWD Board of Managers
- Winter 2006: MCWD sponsors Low Impact Development Conference; The New Minnesota Stormwater Manual; Satellite Water Quality Information; Correction: Orono Buffer Rules; District Purchases 36-acre Farm; MCWD Finalizing Plans; Wojtysiak Joins District as Compliance Officer
- Fall 2005: Low Impact Development (LID); Orono sets Buffer Rules; Grants for Stewardship; District Staff Changes
- Summer 2005: The Latest and Greatest for Erosion Control; Residents Save Shorelines; Meet District Staff
- Spring 2005: Wet Ponds - Increased Effectiveness through More Frequent Maintenance; Solar bees - Landing this summer in Stubbs Bay, DNR Veteran named new MCWD Communication and Education Coordinator
- Fall 2004: Exotics in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed; Dr. Lorin Hatch joins MCWD as Water Quality Specialist; Boy Scouts named Watershed Heroes for Cleaning up Minnehaha Creek
- Summer 2004: New MPCA Water Quality Standards Coming; Performance Based Rules; Restaurateur Lee Keeley appointed to MCWD Board
- Spring 2004: New ways to Educate about Water Resources; Green Roofs Reduce Runoff; New Board Members Named
- Winter 2003: MCWD's (H&H) Hydraulic/Hydrologic and Pollutant Loading Model
- Fall 2003: Waterwise: Proposed Rule M guidelines for Buffers; Excerpts of technical Fact Sheet on Buffers; Trillium Bay Homeowner's Association buffer project
- Summer 2003: Waterwise: Arboretum Porous Pavement Demonstration; MCWD Adds Staff; Shoreline Resident Example: Kathy and Carl Newman; Fulton Neighborhood Cynthia Krieg Project
- Spring 2003: Waterwise: City of Plymouth; Gleason Lake Homeowner's Association; West Nile Virus; Wetland Functions and Values Assessment; MCWD/NPDES Rules and Permits
- Winter 2002: Waterwise: City of St. Louis Park; Updated MCWD Mission Statement; Watershed Hero's Award - Wes Skoglund, Dennis Ozment, Julie Sabo, Victor Gilbertson
- Spring 2002: Waterwise: City of Minnetrista; New Permit Brochure; Nokomis Award; Jennings Bay Report; Meet Renae Schubert
- Winter 2001: City Highlight: Minnetonka; BMP's and the Bioretention concept; Rain Garden Testing; Jo Colleran: Minnetonka Environmental Coordinator
NewSplash Newsletter
- Spring 2002: Jennings Bay Water Quality Examined by National Panel, Dick Miller and Pamela Blixt reappointed to board; Governor signs Phosphorus Law; Trash Sculpture from Lake Harriet Trash; Cynthia Krieg Fund; Malcolm Reid Steps down from board
- Winter 2002: Cynthia Krieg Grant Updates; MCWD Project Receives MN Governor's Award; MCWD Project Updates for 2002; Nemo Coordinator Andrea Fiterman named
- Summer 2001: Camp Coldwater Springs Agreement; H&H Study Continues; BMP's: Best Management Practices; Mike Wyatt: New District Technician
- Spring 2001: BMP's: Best Management Practices; Wetlands Inventory: Taking Stock of Watershed Assets; Joan Ellis: New Communications and Education Manager; MCWD Receives Chain of Lakes Award and NRP Recognition; 2000 Lake Grades; Goose Satisfaction Survey
For a copy of an older edition of NewSplash, please contact us.
Annual Reports and Stormwater Permits
- 2007 Annual Report
- 2006 Annual Report
- 2006 General Stormwater Permit Application for MS4
- 2005 Annual Report
- 2004 Annual Report
- 2003 Annual Report
White Papers
- A Watershed Approach to Lake Restoration
- Benefits of Wetland Buffers: A Study of Functions, Values, and Size
Miscellaneous Publications
- Goose Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Phase II Storm Water Management: from the Minnesota Association of Water Districts 2000 Meeting
- Headwaters Control Structure Management Policy and Operating Procedures
- Minnehaha Creek Canoe Route Map
- Water Resources Management Plan (509 Plan)
- MCWD Brochure: Thirty Years of Water Resources Management: This 1997 publication provides an overview of the MCWD, previous projects, and water quality results.
- Glossary of Watershed-Related Terms
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