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STATE OF MINNESOTA WATER RESOURCES BOARD L !6121 29E •.8/U 50U Lafayette RoadFirst F loor[e 15St. Paul, Minnesot,i CD f 55146January ?1, 1�?:45 Or OrcONC) TO: Persons Interested in Metropolitan tiurface Water- Management Metiopolitan Surface Water Mana Qcmf -it Act - Informational Mailine " :_' A question that continues to be raised about the Metropolitan Surface Wr?ter Management Act is: "Why is it necessary?" It is being asked mainly t,v communities in unorganized watersheds who don't see the need for spending pub:ic money to prepare watershed management plans in their areas. Is Watershed I'lanninq Needed" The need for sircnger local water management was debated at length when the proposal was brought before the Legislature in 1982. T110 main arguments supporting the bill were that serious surface water problems Mere occurring throughout the metro ar-e.i inat demanded local government action to correct, and that proper planning and manago ment practices could prevent these problems at less cast than corrective measures. '1 here certainty was no intent to require planning that �.ould not be cost effective in the long run. The requirement that plans initially be prepared on a wairrshed basis was included because runoff doesn't obey political boundaries. A downstream community has little control over the quantity and quality of runoff originating from communities upstream, unless an organization with watershed -wide authority is established. Metro communities have been confronted with varied surface water problems including: Floo,ling - Bassett Creek take Jane (dig Marine-liig Carnelian Lakes Fri(be Lake Chaska Creek Oneka Lake Prior Lake Coon Creek Lake Marion Minnehaha Creek Round Lake