Clean Water Fund Grant money available to retrofit wellpits!     The District received a grant in the amount of $53,533 to be used to provide cost share to retrofit well pits in floodplain areas of the county with a pitless unit, fill the well pit with native soil material move the pressure tank above ground or indoors, and allow the homeowner to continue using an otherwise serviceable well while safeguarding the source of their drinking water. While it is important to upgrade all well pits within the County, priority will be given to floodplain residents followed by  those immediately adjacent to the floodplain map line. For more information on the see our Wellpit fact sheet, or contact our office.

Annual Reports ~ The 2012 Annual Reports and 2013 Annual Work Plan are available to review.  You will find the reports listed on our Board of Supervisors page.  Please contact the District office if you would like printed copies of any of the reports.

Program Updates: 

• Walk-in Access Program ~ Earn extra income by opening land for public hunting is coming. Click here for more information.

• Hard Rock Outcrop ~ Funded through a Legislative Citizens Committee on Minnesota Resources Grant, nearly 100 acres of fragile Minnesota Valley Granite Outcrop rock ecosystems in  Lac qui Parle County will be protected with a permanent easement.  Among the oldest rock formations in the world, these unique land forms and rare vegetation make these rock formations worth protecting.

The Garcia/Love Claims Process.  Click here for more information.