•  Erosion Control
•  Lake Water Quality Maps
•  Mosquito Control
•  Nondegradation Report and SWPPP
•  Rain Barrels
•  Stormwater Related Links

Rain water, melting snow and even the water you use on your lawn or car runs into the street and down the storm sewer. This water goes directly to the nearest open body of water, called surface water. It is not combined with the sanitary sewer system, which moves the water from your house (toilet, sinks, shower). It is not treated for pollutants. This is the water that is needed to rejuvenate our streams, ponds and lakes.

Stormwater becomes polluted when it picks up things like grass clippings, leaves, pesticides, motor oil, and pet waste, and flushes them into storm drains and eventually into the Mississippi River

For copies of the city's Storm Water Management Plans:
City Hall, Public Works counter at 2nd floor,
5005 Minnetonka Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN or call (952) 924-2555.

Erosion Control
During the process of land disturbance, sediment travels via wind, rain, streets, and equipment into the storm sewers and ends up in the nearby surface water (lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands). Erosion control is required to keep the surrounding water as clean as possible during the project. If you are disturbing the soil at all on your property (landscaping project, for example), be sure to keep it on your property. Prevent it from reaching the street and our storm sewer system.

For more information about erosion control, click here.

Lake Water Quality
2006 Lake Water Quality Report Summary from the Metropolitan Council.

Included is a map of the lakes monitored in the seven county metro area.

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District

The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District provides a variety of services in the seven county Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. Services include:

- Survey for and control mosquitoes that transmit human diseases,
- Monitor deer tick populations and provide public education regarding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases,
- Survey for and control nuisance causing mosquitoes, biting gnats, and mosquitoes that transmit dog heartworm,
- Public education regarding all aspects of District programs, with emphasis on ways to reduce risk of mosquito and tick-borne diseases.

Click here for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District

Nondegradation Report
In accordance with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Permit No. MN R 040000, the City of St. Louis Park is requesting comments regarding the city's Nondegradation Report. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency requires the City of St. Louis Park to prepare and submit the Report by January 1, 2008. However, comments will be considered and submitted after that date.

The Nondegradation Report summarizes the results of the Loading Assessment which assesses the quality of stormwater runoff from the City of St. Louis Park. The Loading Assessment compares the water quality in 1988 to current and projected water quality in 2020. The Nondegradation Report discusses the effectiveness of the stormwater best management practices required by the city.

• For a copy of the Nondegradation Report, click here .
  
• For a copy of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), click here.
  
• A copy of each are also on file at the Engineering Department, City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Boulevard, St. Louis Park, 54416.

If you have questions, please contact Laura Adler, Engineering Program Coordinator, at (952) 924-2555.

Comments are requested by February 11, 2008. Please submit comments to Public Works - Nondegradation Comments, 5005 Minnetonka Boulevard, St. Louis Park, MN 55416, or electronically to pworks@stlouispark.org, subject line "Nondegradation Comments".

Rain barrels
Do you realize the roof of your home is a large impervious surface?  Like your driveway or the street, rain water runs right off and into the storm sewer. Instead of going down the drain, this water could be recycled and used for your landscaping.

Rain barrels control storm water runoff and hold 8% of the runoff from your roof and 3 percent of the runoff from your entire residential property.  For more information about the types and uses of rain barrels in the metro area, go to Metrowide rain barrel info packet 

You can purchase rain barrels to fit your aesthetic and functional needs.

- Price: $75.00 ($0.25 with tax)

- 55 gallons, easy release spigot, made from recycled plastic, paintable

- Available at the following ReUse Center locations:

• 2801 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
• 1727 E Hwy 36, Maplewood, MN 55109 (Off White Bear Ave & Hwy 36)

Related Links

• NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• MN Stormwater Manual & Best Management Practices
• Water Resource Coordinators
• www.cleanwatermn.org
• The Watershed Partners
• Department of Natural Resources
• Lakes monitored map

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