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Ramsey Washington watershed and Maplewood outline stormwater, retrofit and chloride-reduction work
Summary
Watershed and city staff told the Maplewood Environmental and Natural Resources Commission about TMDL work on Wakefield Lake, grant-funded retrofits that remove phosphorus and sediment, and emerging chloride-reduction grants; Maplewood described stricter local stormwater triggers and 2026 street projects that will include BMPs and recycled pavement.
At a meeting of the Maplewood Environmental and Natural Resources Commission, Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District regulatory program manager Nicole Morris and Maplewood assistant city engineer John Josh described how the watershed and city coordinate on stormwater permits, retrofits, and emerging chloride-reduction efforts.
Nicole Morris said the watershed district manages drainage by watershed, enforces rules for water quantity and quality, and carries out restoration and monitoring. "Wakefield Lake is currently impaired in Maplewood right now for excess nutrients, particularly phosphorus," she said, noting that the district supports TMDL work and watershed-scale BMPs to delist impaired waters. She explained TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) as state-developed pollutant allocations assigned to responsible parties and said the district provides projects and reporting to meet those allocations.
Morris outlined grant programs the district runs: a roughly 20-year…
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