Public urges stronger surface-water work; board broadens administrator work plan language
Public commenters pressed the board to strengthen funding and planning for watershed and groundwater improvements; the board amended the county administrator's work plan to broaden a Lake Malalu reference to "surface water quality of all water bodies within the county," adopting the amendment 16–2 and the work plan 18–0.
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Multiple public commenters urged stronger county action to address nutrient and sediment loading in local watersheds. Celeste Cobrel described decades of impaired water quality on the Willow River and how runoff contributes phosphorus and nitrogen to Lake Malalu and downstream to the St. Croix River, urging continued support for programs and funding in agenda items the county was considering. "We all need and we all want clean water," she said, and asked supervisors to support resolutions on the meeting agenda tied to water-quality programming.
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