By Angie Hong
Last week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a draft list of impaired waters for 2024. The updated list adds new impairments to 54 lakes, rivers, and streams that are no longer meeting water quality standards and removes impairments from 27 water bodies that have been restored to good health.
In the Twin Cities east metro, improving lakes that are set to be de-listed include Bone Lake – Scandia (Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District); White Rock Lake – Scandia, Bald Eagle Lake – White Bear Township, and Golden Lake – Circle Pines (Rice Creek Watershed District); La Lake – Woodbury (South Washington Watershed District); and Kohlman Lake – Maplewood (Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District). These lakes benefit from more than a decade of watershed restoration work and illustrate the different strategies needed in urban and rural settings.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE: https://www.hometownsource.com/stillwater_gazette/news/local/minnesota-water-some-getting-better-some-getting-worse/article_5e806c4c-8b06-11ee-8307-4b765e000721.html
GET WET! 