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50 Years of Protecting Your Water Resources

Posted by PLSLWD Staff - April 23, 2020 - Ongoing Projects, Completed Projects, News, Prior Lake, Spring Lake

This year not only marks the 50th celebration of Earth Day, but the 50th anniversary of the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District! The District was founded March 4, 1970 in response to a petition filed by residents for the purpose of wisely managing & conserving the District’s waters and natural resources.

Improving Your Water Resources for 50 Years

Over the last 50 years the District has been busy implementing projects and various programs to improve and protect the lakes, creeks and wetlands of the District for the benefits of the humans and critters that live here. Check out some highlights of the last 50 years in our 50th Anniversary brochure here.

Map of the watershed district showing locations and descriptions of various projects.

Celebrations & Activities Planned

We will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary with several special activities and events this year, including a Trivia Night at the Boathouse Brothers Brewery (fingers crossed!) and a Hike the Watershed Challenge, so keep an eye out for more information!

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What did PLSLWD do in 2017? Check out our 2017 Annual Report!

Posted by PLSLWD Staff - May 2, 2018 - Ongoing Projects, News, Prior Lake, Spring Lake

The 2017 Annual Report is out! What to know what the District accomplished in 2017? Check out the report for a rundown of the District’s 2017 programs, projects, and everything else.

You can also find a sneak preview of what’s in the works for 2018! The report can be found on our District Reports page.

P.S. Lest you dismiss this as boring, we promise the report is easy for the average citizen to read and includes some nice pictures too!

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Protecting Lower Prior Lake, One Park Project at a Time: Indian Ridge Park Project Completed

Posted by PLSLWD Staff - January 4, 2017 - News, Indian Ridge Park Water Quality Project, Prior Lake

The last lake in the Spring and Prior chain of lakes, Lower Prior Lake is an important recreational and ecological resource within the region.  Unlike the other two lakes in the chain, it remains clean, clear and off the Impaired Waters list and the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District (PLSLWD) and the City of Prior Lake want to keep it that way.  The District coordinated efforts with the City to install a water quality improvement project at Indian Ridge Park in Prior Lake as part of the ongoing effort to maintain good water quality in Lower Prior Lake. The project at Indian Ridge Park was finished in November.

The project re-shaped an unused grassy area (above; before project) on the east side of Indian Ridge Park to create a shallow depression with gentle slopes (below; after project completion). When it rains, this area now receives stormwater from the surrounding neighborhood and can fill up to roughly a foot in depth for a short period of time – usually one to two days.  This will provide time for pollutants to slowly settle out of the water and be captured by the biomaterial mixed with sand which lies hidden beneath the grass before the stormwater makes its way to Lower Prior Lake.  This area has been planted with low maintenance turf grass to allow for passive use. Vegetation will continue becoming established once the snow melts in the spring.

This project complements the recently completed project at nearby Fish Point Park.  The project at Indian Ridge Park will help to filter out some of the pollutants from the stormwater before it reaches the water quality features that were installed at Fish Point Park, creating a “treatment train” that will help to improve the water quality of Lower Prior Lake.

Funding for this project came from the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District, the City of Prior Lake and a Clean Water Partnership Grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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The District covers about 42 square miles in Scott County, MN. Water in the PLSLWD flows mainly from the southwest to the northeast through Spring, Upper Prior and Lower Prior Lakes, and then north through the Prior Lake Outlet Channel to the Minnesota River near Valley Fair amusement park.
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