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WATER QUALFTY INIPLENIENTA^ONST^TEGY cTippA^F WATER MANAGEMENT XONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION TO ALL METROPOLITAN WATERS Summar>’ of The Policy Issue^ A A § A 4 A •• • J ^ - ^ . „i T5r«f^-tirm Aeencv (EPA) and the Minnesota Pollution Control In 1990 the U.S. EnNaronmen reduce nonpoint source pollution in the Minnesota River by goal. To accomplish this 8°“l| ""I: ' water todies. While the Minnesota Riser 7^ --etraVt nnnno ot source pollutants trom emennt __________ ___ areas. • II •« th^ *tnnnc. Lake and take Pepin area, is severally impacted by The Mississippi River, ‘j’'^ t7d„al study is curtently being conducted to ideniify e.\ces5ive algal growth. A major in Howeve- it is known that nutrients, nitrogen and the causes of the excessive algal „g,l g-owth. Both the State of phosphorus, from whatever source ar p arcatt'mptine to get the MPCA to impose LcLsin and the If S aTe ‘4osed o the M-opoIhan P|^t .to co_u,^^^^^^^ fo“con.™? X°oto. source;°of °rZs ato have a more bencHcial impact on the river than by controlling point sources of phosphorus. To address Uie acute problems on the Minnesota Rwem. tLrgrnTp “cSel'’^af.Sum°pL^^^^^^^ Tern ^p"«pn^”c?o;"alt county area. A consistent and e,uiuble pcllcy is established to apply these strategies metro-wde. The Problern The Metropoliun Council has documented an ‘"ccc«= of bodies These added poUuunts reduce the recreational value and P j J;Sw..« todies. The increase of nonpoin. sour« pollu.anu or to two primary aoutces: land de-.elopment and agriculture ^ ^ oftoUutants urbanization, generafly increase bo* *e volume of dotation of in the ruoott This happens with *e conwn.on of The bat wetlands. Dcteaiion ponds or arttfictal depressions runoff following urbanization nor deigned ponds, however, wiU not reduce the increased volume of 5,cr-ase in runoff will thev totally remove the additional poUuunts following •irbamzatioa. An — ;;iu^e?.ouiThaphoru. and other polluur.u arc the raulu of urban datelopmenk