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Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District

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Swamp Lake Iron Enhanced Sand Filter

Status: Ongoing

The Swamp Iron Enhanced Sand Filter (IESF) is an important part of watershed nutrient reduction and preventing nutrients from reaching the downstream…
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Buck Stream Stabilization

Status: Ongoing

Preventing erosion on 1,300 feet of stream by reconnecting its natural floodplain.
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Ferric Chloride Treatment Facility

Status: Ongoing

The Ferric Chloride Treatment Facility is one of the District's "nutrient reduction powerhouses". Reducing nutrients reaching Spring Lake is essential…
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Prior Lake Outlet Channel Repairs: Bank Erosion

Status: Completed

Bank erosion repair work has been completed along the channel. Maintenance for vegetation reestablishment is an ongoing project.
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Sutton Lake Outlet

Status: Completed

The Sutton Lake Outlet project constructed a controlled outlet structure at the Sutton Lake Blvd culvert crossing to store stormwater in Sutton Lake.
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Upper Prior Lake Alum Treatment

Status: Completed

Studies by the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District determined Upper Prior Lake was impaired/threatened by an excess of phosphorus and…
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Spring Lake Alum Treatment

Status: Completed

PLSLWD treated Spring Lake with Aluminum Sulfate (Alum) in 2013, 2018, and 2020.
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Fish Lake Shoreline Enhancement & Prairie Restoration

Status: Completed

The project enhanced a section of shoreline along Fish Lake behind the Spring Lake Township town hall and implemented a prairie restoration on the…
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Sand Point Beach Park Project

Status: Completed

The Sand Point Beach Park Pond Improvements Project improves the efficiency of stormwater treatment before it enters Prior Lake. The project includes…
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Raymond Park Restoration Project

Status: Completed

The restoration project includes buckthorn removal, an oak savanna restoration, beach plant community restoration, shoreline restoration and replacing…
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Watzl’s Beach Shoreline Restoration

Status: Completed

The shoreline area at Watzl’s beach was previously dominated by invasive plants and erosion was occurring at the shoreline. As such, the site was in…
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Indian Ridge Water Quality Improvement

Status: Completed

The project will filter out sediments and nutrients from the stormwater that runs off properties and streets in the Indian Ridge Park neighborhood…
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Fish Point Park Retrofits

Status: Completed

The Fish Point Park Retrofit project includes three elements: retrofitting an existing ditch section with in-line iron-sand filters, expanding storage…
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Spring Lake Shoreline Restoration

Status: Completed

Shoreline restoration prevents soil erosion from entering our lake, as well as providing filtration for other pollutants. Native plants provide bank…
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Arctic Lake Restoration Project

Status: Completed

This project consists of three components: retrofitting stormwater ponds with iron-sand filters, restoring a wetland, and managing carp.
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CR 12/17 Wetland Restoration

Status: Completed

The CR12/17 Wetland Restoration Project is an innovative stormwater treatment project intended to improve water quality in Spring Lake.
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Boudin Neighborhood Improvement Project

Status: Completed

Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District completed retrofit projects on the Boudin neighborhood reconstruction that previously drained untreated to…
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Prior Lake Outlet Structure Reconstruction

Status: Completed

Normal wear and tear on the outlet structure resulted in cracking to the structure and diminishing efficiency. The outlet structure was replaced in…
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