The Minnehaha Creek Watershed (see map) contains a wealth of water resources, including Lake Minnetonka, the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, and Minnehaha Creek. Millions of people use these water resources for swimming, fishing, boating, and other forms of recreation. These water resources are vulnerable because of their extensive use and because of the urban setting in which they occur.

In 2003, students from Benilde-St. Margaret's Service Learning Program began a project to examine the water resources of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed. An important goal of this project is to provide information to the millions of people who use and value these water resources. On this web page, students have gathered information for individual water bodies in the watershed. Just click on the ecology button, and then a water body in the left box if you want to find out about water quality, soils, geology, ground water, ecology, or hydrology for that water body. Included is information on history, land use, and management of water resources. There are numerous links to other data and information, such as water quality reports generated by other agencies. To find out more about this project or detailed information about ground water in the watershed, click here.

This project is a joint effort of the Minnesota Ground Water Association, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School. The project was partially funded by the Minnehaha creek Watershed District through the Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund.