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important part of the management strategy includes a capital improvement program that <br />implements the plan. <br />f water management planning is another important part of the MCWD s Wtifer <br />Resources Management Flan. The MCWD’s approved plan was produced from State <br />requirements during the 198(ys. Since that time, the state has passed more stringent <br />local planning requirements. <br />Local water management plans can play a major role in protecting water resources. The <br />27 communities in the watershed will need to prepare lo^ water management plans by <br />May of 1995. <br />Capital Improvements Program <br />The MCWD’s Water Resources Management Flan identifies priority water resources. <br />The plan’s management strategies look at ways to manage these priority resources. <br />Projects in the MCWD’s Capital Improvements Program implement these management <br />strategies. <br />The MCWD has completed two major capital improvement projects since its creation in <br />1967 and several smaller projects. In the winter of 1979*1980 the MCWD built the <br />Headwaters Control Structure and Channel Improv^ements Project. The Headwaters <br />Control Structure on Gray’s Bay provides greater control over Lake Minnetonka Water <br />levels. The Channel Improvements improved the flow of water in Minnehaha Creek. <br />The Upper Watershed Improvement Project built four detention structures, two <br />sedimentation basins, and one fish barrier in the Painter Creek subwatershed during the <br />winter of 1984-1985. This project reduced nonpoint source pollution within the Painter <br />Creek subwatershed to Lake Minnetonka and dso provided an additional 900 acre-feet <br />of storage above Lake Minnetonka under 100-ycar storms. <br />Since 1967 the MCWD has completed several smaller scale projects in cooperation with <br />communities in the watershed. These include channel dredging and repairs to <br />Minnehaha Creek, building canoe landings and several small scale maintenance projects. <br />Gleason Creek <br />In 1993, the MCWD and the City of Wayzata began a joint water quality and flood <br />control project for Gleason Creek. This project reduces flooding along Gleason Creek <br />by adding 140 acre feet of flood storage. Two stormwater treatment ponds constructed <br />along Gleason Creek will improve the quality of water entering Lake Minnetonka.