Monitoring
The URRWMO has a cooperative agreement with the Anoka Conservation District each year to conduct water resources monitoring. This monitoring is aimed at tracking the conditions in lakes and streams, detecting problems before they become severe, and diagnosing the cause of any problems so the most effective corrective measures can be put in place. Generally, even when there are no problems, the monitoring data helps us better understand each of our water ecosystems so that we can manage them properly.
The monitoring tasks have included:
- Lake Level Monitoring
- Lake Water Quality Monitoring
- Stream Water Quality Monitoring
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2007 |
2008 | 2009 |
Lake Level Monitoring |
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Lake George East Twin Lake |
Lake George East Twin Lake |
Lake George East Twin Lake |
Lake George East Twin Lake |
Lake Water
Quality Monitoring |
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Lake George East Twin Lake |
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Stream Water
Quality Monitoring |
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Cedar Creek at Fawn Lake Drive (top of the watershed) Cedar Creek at Sims Rd (middle of the watershed) Cedar Creek at Hwy 9 (bottom of the watershed) |
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Rum River (top of the watershed)
Rum River (bottom of the watershed) |
Other
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| Erosion mapping & education Lake George & East Twin Lake | |||
Excerpts from the Anoka Conservation District's Annual Water Monitoring Reports that include all URRWMO Monitoring:
| Upper Rum River Watershed Results (pdf) | |||||
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If you would like more detailed information, raw data, or older data, use our tools on the left side of this page, including:
- Mapping Tool - Once in the
mapping tool, check "monitor sites" to see all locations where monitoring
has been done.
- Database Access -This tool allows you to interactively
pick a type of monitoring, monitoring site(s), and years you want to view,
and then it graphs the data for you. You can also use the tool to download
the raw data (for advanced users).
- ANR.com - This is the AnokaNaturalResources.com website, a central repository for most water monitoring data from throughout the county. Go to the "Water" portion of the site to get narrative summaries of monitoring data. The summaries explain the results from the most recent year's data, and provide a discussion of any trends seen across all years. ANR.com also is a library of other natural resources information that you might find interesting.
Detailed descriptions of the methodologies used for each type of monitoring can be found on the Anoka Conservation District's website (www.anokaswcd.org).