PLANS & PROGRESS
Comprehensive Watershed Management Plans (CWMP)
Other Planning Efforts
What is
watershed planning?
There are 4 major watersheds located in Stearns County.
Find out about each of them by clicking the buttons below.
Water Plans are comprehensive; they address water quality and quantity, groundwater, drinking water, habitat, recreation and many other issues. They also identify and prioritize resources and issues and set measurable goals. Plans also describe programs and future partnerships that will implement the plan projects
1 Watershed 1 Plan
Mississippi River St Cloud
Covers 12.3 % of Stearns County.
Includes St Augusta, Kimball, the majority of St Cloud and part of Rockville. & Waite Park
Mississippi River Sartell
Covers 22.6 % of Stearns County. Includes Albany, Avon, Holdingford, St Stephen, Kimball, the majority of Sartell and part of St Cloud & St Joseph
North Fork Crow River
Covers 17.1 % of Stearns County. Includes Brooten, Belgrade & Paynesville
Sauk River
Covers 48.0 % of Stearns County. Includes Sauk Centre, Melrose, Freeport, Meire Grove, Eden Valley, Roscoe, Greenwald, Spring Hill, St Martin, Richmond, Coldspring, the majority of Rockville and part of Waite Park & St Joseph
Drinking Water
Wellhead Protection Plans
A Wellhead Protection Area (WHPA) is the surface and subsurface area surrounding a public water supply well or well field that supplies a public water system, through which contaminants are likely to move toward and reach the well or well field.
People in Minnesota get their drinking water from groundwater, lakes, and rivers. Wellhead Protection Plans (WHP) are developed to protect the water resources that supply their drinking water. Communities work to identify risks and prevent them from becoming a problem. Some examples of risks include unused wells, urban pollutants, agricultural nutrients, storage tanks, lawn nutrients and chemicals, hazardous waste, and uncontrolled land development.
Click on the down arrow below to view the current WHP Plans in Stearns County
Stearns County Wellhead Protection Plans
Other Plans
The plans below were developed with the coordination of the Stearns Conservation District. Please contact the office with questions about any of these plans.
