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Lincoln
County Water Management Plan:
The Lincoln County Commissioners adopted
a resolution on October 5, 2004 approving the update of the Lincoln
County Water Management Plan.
The Lincoln County Water Management Plan
is a 10-Year Plan: September, 2004 - August, 2014 and has a 5-year
Implementation Program: September, 2004 - August, 2009.
The Lincoln County Water Management Task
Force selected five priority concerns addressing:
- Groundwater Protection for the
Verdi Well Field.
- Surface Water Quality Deterioration
being Nutrients and Bacteria focusing on two identified TMDL sites:
Lake Shaokatan and the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River.
- Erosion and Sediment Control on
agricultural land primarily gully erosion and concentrated flow with
several priority areas being the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine
River Watershed, Norwegian Creek, Coon Creek, Lake Benton Lake and
Dead Coon Lake.
- Lake Management Improvement (water
quality) and Recreational Opportunities targeting Lake Benton, Lake
Shaokatan and Lake Hendricks.
- Surface Water Runoff and Drainage
addressing runoff volume and water quality through drainage
management.
For specifics of each section of the
plan refer to the links below:
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Table of Contents:
- The
Table of Contents lists each Section of the Lincoln
County Water Management Plan update and the pages in
which the specific items start. Each Section
starts over with the page number being "1".
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Preface:
- Includes
a description of Lincoln County, MN;
- Plan
Administration and Role of the Task Force; and
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Accomplishments: May 20, 1997 to December 31, 2003.
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Executive Summary:
- Version
and Purpose;
- Description of
Priority Concerns;
- Summary of
Goals and Actions and Projected Total Cost;
- Summary of
Consistency/Inconsistency of the Plan with other Plans;
and
- Summary of
Recommended Amendments to other Plans/Controls.
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Assessment of the Priority Concerns:
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Assessment of each of the priority concerns listed
above.
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Goals and Objectives:
- Lists the goad
and objectives which are addressed under each of the
priority concerns.
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Implementation Program:
- Lists
the implementation program for the priority concerns and
also lists the Abbreviations used in this section.
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Implementation: Ongoing Activities Coordinated by the Plan
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Identifies other activities and programs that make up
the local water management program, but are not
reflected in the priority concern section;
- Lincoln County
Comprehensive Development Ordinance; and
- Lincoln County
Comprehensive Sustainable Development Plan.
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Appendix: Priority Scoping Document:
- Initial
Priority Concerns;
- Description of
how and why the priority concerns were chosen;
- Attachment 1:
Priority concerns/issues collected from
local/state/federal agencies;
- Attachment 2:
Priority concerns/issues collected from state and local
input meetings;
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Attachment 3: Water Plan issue identification meeting
for Lincoln County;
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Attachment 4: Minutes from the Water Plan Update-Public
Input Meeting- February 11, 2003;
- Priority
Scoping Document Addendum: December, 2003-priority
concerns portion of the scoping document is replaced
with this section of priority concerns.
Lincoln
County Water Management Plan
Implementation
- 2007 -
The Lincoln County Water Management Task
force has approved the following implementation items for the 2007
program year:
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Well Sealing Program:
- Available to
landowners with land in Lincoln County.
- 75% cost-share
not to exceed $350.00 per well sealed.
- Landowner must
get prior approval from the Lincoln SWCD office before
sealing well.
- Dollars
available to seal approximately 30 wells.
 
Shown is a well being sealed
with bentonite by a licensed well contractor.
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Conserving Use Acres Program:
- Provides
conserving use acres dollars to six landowners in
Lincoln County.
- Plant small
grain in order to install conservation practices during
the summer months.
- Available to
landowners constructing conservation practices in the
current year.
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Rock Inlet Program:
- Available to
landowners with land in Lincoln County.
- 75% cost-share
not to exceed $400.00 per rock inlet installed.
- Landowner must
get prior approval from the Lincoln SWCD office before
installing inlet.
- Dollars
limited.
For more information or
questions on the Lincoln County Water Management Plan
contact: pauline.vanoverbeke@mn.nacdnet.net
For information on the
process of Local Water Management Planning go to:
http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/watermgmt/index.html
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