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8C <br /> Stantec Memo <br /> To: Don Peterson From: Dendy Lofton, PhD, CLM <br /> City of Mounds View Dan Edgerton, P.E. <br /> Ben Otto <br /> Minneapolis <br /> Project/File: 193806465 Date: January 26, 2024 <br /> Reference: Water Quality Assessment of Silver View Pond, Mounds View, MN <br /> Introduction <br /> The June 2023 Mounds View Stormwater Pond Assessment report recommended a number of <br /> implementation activities for the City of Mounds View to maintain and restore its stormwater ponding <br /> system. One of the objectives in the implementation plan was the water quality improvement of Silver View <br /> Pond in 2024. Stantec conducted several field data collection activities in 2023 to support the water quality <br /> assessment. The purpose of this technical memorandum is to provide a summary of the field data <br /> collection, desktop analysis methods and results, and management recommendations to improve water <br /> quality in Silver View Pond. <br /> Water Quality Assessment <br /> In order to diagnose the existing water quality conditions in Silver View Pond, Stantec collected water <br /> samples for nutrient analysis, surveyed the aquatic vegetation community, and collected sediment cores to <br /> assess the rate of sediment phosphorus release. The phosphorus data was used to develop a lake <br /> response model for Silver View Pond that estimates the proportion of phosphorus entering the pond <br /> through runoff from the drainage area (external loading) and the proportion of phosphorus derived from <br /> sediment release (internal loading). <br /> FIELD DATA COLLECTION <br /> Water Samples <br /> Pond water samples were collected on 6/26/2023 and 9/6/2023 for analytical laboratory measurements of <br /> total phosphorus (TP), orthophosphate, total nitrogen,and chlorophyll-a, which is a proxy for algal biomass. <br /> Samples were collected from just below the water surface and delivered to RMB Laboratories for analysis. <br /> At the time of sample collection on September 6, 2023, vertical profiles (every 0.5 m) of dissolved oxygen <br /> (DO), temperature, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)were measured with a hand-held <br /> multiparameter probe (YSI). <br /> Design with community in mind <br />