At the beginning of the Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan update process, State Agencies, including the MDA are invited to provide input in the form of Priority Concerns to the County. The MDA priority concerns are discussed within this website. The MDA may also comment during plan revisions, amendments, and rewrites.
At the beginning of the Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan update process, State Agencies, including the MDA are invited to provide input in the form of Priority Concerns to the County. The MDA priority concerns are discussed within this website. The MDA may also comment during plan revisions, amendments, and rewrites.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed districts to review when updating ten year comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written. The MDA is typically involved in reviewing those plans in the Red River Basin and the twin cities metro area.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed districts to review when updating ten year comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written. The MDA is typically involved in reviewing those plans in the Red River Basin and the twin cities metro area.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed management organizations when updating comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed management organizations when updating comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written.
At the beginning of the Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan update process, State Agencies, including the MDA are invited to provide input in the form of Priority Concerns to the County. The MDA priority concerns are discussed within this website. The MDA may also comment during plan revisions, amendments, and rewrites.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed districts to review when updating ten year comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written. The MDA is typically involved in reviewing those plans in the Red River Basin and the twin cities metro area.
The information outlined in this website is available for watershed management organizations when updating comprehensive watershed management plans. The guidance that has been developed may be applicable when these plans are being reviewed, amended, updated or re-written.
Priority Concerns, Data, and Program Activities
Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan (NFMP)
The NFMP is the state's blueprint for preventing or minimizing the impacts of nitrogen fertilizer on groundwater. The original plan was developed in 1990 and recently updated in March 2015. There are various MDA activities that have been identified in the NFMP.
The MDA has identified townships throughout the state that are vulnerable to groundwater contamination and have significant row crop production.
The Groundwater Protection Rule (GPR) was developed by the MDA with significant stakeholder engagement over the past several years. The GPR minimizes potential sources of nitrate pollution to the state’s groundwater and protects our drinking water. The rule restricts the application of nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen soils in areas vulnerable to contamination, and it outlines steps to reduce the severity of the problem in areas where nitrate in public water supply wells is already elevated.
As a part of the GPR, the MDA has developed a vulnerable are map which illustrates the areas where the fall and frozen soils prohibition will apply.
