Comprehensive Water Quality Assessment of Select Metropolitan Area Streams BROWNS CREEK

The Comprehensive Water Quality Assessment of Select Metropolitan Area Streams is a major study conducted by the Metropolitan Council that examines the water quality of 21 streams or stream segments that discharge into the metropolitan area's major rivers. The study provides a base of technical information that can support sound decisions about water resources in the metro area − decisions by the Council, state agencies, watershed districts, conservation districts, and county and city governments. All background information, methodologies, and data sources are summarized in Introduction and Methodologies, and a glossary and a list of acronyms are included in Glossary and Acronyms. Both of these, as well as individual sections for each of the 21 streams, are available for separate download from the report website. The staff of Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) and local cooperators conducted the stream monitoring work, while MCES staff performed the data analyses, compiled the results and prepared the report. This section of the report, Browns Creek, is one in a series produced as part of the Comprehensive Water Quality Assessment of Select Metropolitan Area Streams. Located entirely in Washington County, Browns Creek is one of the four St. Croix River tributaries examined. This section discusses a wide range of factors that have affected the condition and water quality of Browns Creek.