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facts: .. Bald Eagle Lake is listed as an impaired water for excess nutrients. • The project is based on public -private partnership with the City of Hugo, Oneka Ridge Golf Course, and the Rice Creek Watershed District • Between 50 and 200 acre- feet of runoff will be reused annually for irrigation (100 acre-feet is approximately 32 million ga8ons). The project has the potential to annually reduce the phosphorus load directed • to Bald Eagle Lake from the �i•,`_r sub -watershed by between 75 and 225 pounds - up to a �— 90% reduction. (75 pounds of r phosphorus can grow between 12 and 18 tons of algae) onwaaF �,rcd„u Reusing stormwater keeps excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, out of Bald Eagle Lake. • Up to 100 acre-feet of stormwater could also be infiltrated as part of the project Project Description: The Bald Eagle Lake Watershed Stormwater Reuse/Phosphorus Reduction Project will collect and store stormwater runoff from a 915acre watershed upstream of Bald Eagle Lake and use it instead of well water to irrigate 116 acres within Oneka Ridge Golf Course. After meeting irrigation needs, if additional runoff volume is available, is will be pumped into infiltration arras to be constructed within the golf course to further reduce runoff volumes. The amount of stormwater reused for irrigation/infiltration will vary from year to year, based the amount and distribution of rainfall events. The project is a step toward reducing water consumption and ultimately the pumping of groundwater while improving water quality and clarity. Stormwater Reuse/Phosphorus Reduction Project The project is funded by a Clean Water fund grant from the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment. Matching funds and in -kind project support are being provided by the RCWD and the City of Hugo. Construction is expected to begin in late 2013 and will be concluded in the spring of 2014.