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Figure 6.1 - Impaired Waters Map <br />.M+. Impaired Water- Waterway L�exinglon <br />- Impaired Water- Lake r <br />Other Waterdody Blaine l <br />Municipal Boundary <br />ar <br />Spring Lak rk o <br />0 <br />UI <br />s., UNQS <br />a' Fridley <br />tGe Creek' e° < <br />' RSGe <br />N <br />t.j New Bright an <br />Feet <br />' I �00 6000 <br />At some point, a strategy will be developed leading to attainment of the applicable water quality standard <br />for these impaired waters. The process of developing this strategy is commonly known as the Total <br />Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process and involves the following phases: <br />1. Assessment and listing. <br />2. TMDL study. <br />3. Implementation plan development and implementation. <br />4. Monitoring of the effectiveness of implementation efforts. <br />Responsibility for implementing the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act falls to the U.S. <br />Environmental Protection Agency. In Minnesota, the EPA delegates much of the program responsibility to <br />the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Information about this program is on the MPCA's website: <br />https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/water-monitoring-and-assessment. The following is an excerpt from <br />the MPCA website describing the program and its need: <br />'A body of water is considered "impaired"if it fails to meet one or more water quality standards. <br />Minnesota water quality standards protect lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands by defining how much <br />of a pollutant such as bacteria or nutrients can be in water before it is no longer drinkable, <br />swimmable, fishable, or useable in other, designated ways (called "beneficial uses'q. Waters that do <br />not meet their designated uses because of water quality standard violations are impaired. Monitoring <br />suggests that about 40 percent of Minnesota's lakes and streams are impaired, which is comparable <br />to impairment rates in other states <br />"The federal Clean Water Act requires the MPCA to: <br />1. Assess all waters of the state to determine if they meet water quality standards <br />City of Mounds View 30 <br />Local Surface Water Management Plan Stantec Project No. 193804166 <br />(5 5tantec <br />