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IV. FINDINGS OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT NEEDS ANALYSIS <br />The City of Hugo is required to manage storm water to achieve a number of regulatory <br />goals and requirements. Outlined below, is a description of various goals and <br />requirements needed to achieve the target storm water management goals for areas within <br />Hardwood Creek, Bald Eagle Lake, Peltier and Centerville Lakes, and meet RCWD <br />permit requirements. <br />TMDL Goals for Hardwood Creek <br />The Hardwood Creek TMDL has indicated that this creek is impaired for biota (fish) and <br />load dissolved oxygen. As part of these impairments, it was identified that suspended <br />solids loading to the channel either from channel banks or the watershed has a significant <br />impact on this impairment. The TMDL also identified other land use actions to be further <br />impairing the functions and values of this channel. <br />Generally the Hardwood Creek TMDL will require the City of Hugo to undertake the <br />following: <br />a) Implement updated RCWD storm water rules <br />Through the implementation of the RCWD rules, rate and volume control <br />as well as pollutant load reductions will be provided for areas that develop <br />or redevelop. <br />b) Improve livestock management practices <br />As part of this activity, the extent to which livestock are allowed to enter <br />the creek must be reduced and manure application practices will also need <br />to be improved with additional setbacks standards along with enhanced <br />application practices. <br />c) Undertake regular inspections of the channel and complete <br />maintenance <br />As part of this activity, the removal of accumulated sediment will be done <br />and necessary repairs will be done to any channel banks that are observed <br />to be failing. <br />Based on the implementation of the above practices coupled with a project to restore <br />meanders and the channel cross section for Hardwood Creek, the TMDL for Hardwood <br />Creek predicts achieving a four (4) percent reduction in total suspended solids loading to <br />the channel and a six (6) percent reduction in biological oxygen demand (BOD) as <br />exerted within the channel. <br />CIP for Storm Water Projects Within the City of Hugo <br />City of Hugo, MN <br />WSB Project No. 1687-85 <br />Page 7 <br />