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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br />SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT <br />Surface Water Management Plan <br />Introduction <br />The City of Orono's 2018 Local Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) is an update of <br />the 2011 SWMP. This Surface Water Management Plan has been developed to serve as a <br />comprehensive planning document to guide the City of Orono in conserving, protecting, <br />and managing its surface water resources. The SWMP provides an inventory of water <br />resource related information including the results of assessments conducted by other <br />governmental units, both local and state. From this inventory and assessment, Orono sets <br />forth its goals and policies and implementation program. The SWMP also seeks <br />consistency with the goals and policies of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and <br />with the requirements and guidance provided in the Metropolitan Council's 2040 Water <br />Resources Management Policy Plan. <br />Statutory Requirements <br />This SWMP meets the requirements detailed in Minnesota Statutes 103B and Minnesota <br />Rules 8410, administered by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. Minnesota <br />Statute 10313.201 states that the purposes of the water management programs are to: <br />1. Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention <br />systems; <br />2. Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality <br />problems; <br />3. Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater <br />quality; <br />4. Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater <br />management; <br />5. Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems; <br />6. Promote groundwater recharge; <br />7. Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and <br />8. Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface and <br />groundwater. <br />This plan is also consistent with the goals and policies of the Metropolitan Council's 2040 <br />Water Resources Management Policy Plan, and the goals, rules and management <br />objectives of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) with whom Orono <br />partners in its management activities. Though intended to serve Orono until 2028, this plan <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3A, Page 11 <br />