Thirty Lakes
Watershed District
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Everyone
lives in a watershed!
Keeping our water clean is everyone's
responsibility.
We can all do our part to protect our water resources.
The purpose of the Thirty Lakes
Watershed District is to conserve natural resources through land use planning,
flood control and other conservation projects to protect public health, safety
and welfare. The Thirty Lakes Watershed District has also concentrated
efforts on stormwater management in response to the growth of the District.
The District works with Crow Wing County to manage stormwater in the District.
The District is located in west central Crow Wing County and
covers approximately 70 square miles; approximately 60% is covered by
surface water. The District's major watersheds include: Clark, Edward,
Gladstone, Horseshoe, Hubert, North Long and Pelican Lakes. The
following communities and townships lie partially or wholly in the
District: the Cities of Breezy Point and Nisswa, and Lake Edward,
Center, Pelican and Mission Townships.
When rain or snowmelt falls on hard surfaces, like driveways, rooftops and parking lots, it cannot soak into the ground. As storm water travels across these impervious surfaces, it collects chemicals, debris, and other materials that are carried directly into our lakes, streams and rivers.
Stormwater runoff can change both water quality and quantity affecting our water resources physically, chemically and biologically. Polluted runoff containing oil, grease, chemicals, nutrients, metals, litter and pathogens for example, can severely reduce water quality. If left unmanaged, runoff stresses our streams, ages our lakes and degrades and eliminates our wetlands.
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