Nine Mile Creek Watershed Chloride Total Maximum Daily Load Report

Nine Mile Creek Watershed Chloride Total Maximum Daily Load Report

2010-09

Nine Mile Creek is currently listed on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) 2008 303(d) Impaired Waters List because of chloride levels, as well as impaired biota due to low fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores, and requires a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report. The creek was first listed on the MPCA’s 303(d) list in 2004 after data indicated that Nine Mile Creek had chloride levels in excess of the MPCA’s state water quality chronic standard of 230 milligrams per liter. Nine Mile Creek (AUID 07020012-518) is located in southwest Hennepin County in the lower portion of the Minnesota River Basin and the watershed covers an area of 44.5 square miles. The watershed is fully developed with various urban land uses, several large open space areas and numerous lakes and large wetland complexes.

Barr Engineering

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (St. Paul, Minnesota)

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Water Quality & Pollutants

Nine mile creek
Minnesota river basin
Hennepin county
Minnesota
Impaired waters
TMDL
Total maximum daily load
Chloride
Aquatic life impairment

Nine Mile Creek

Lower Minnesota River (07020012)

Hennepin

2010-2019

No

Public Domain

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency