Watershed Protection
Big Sioux Aquifer Groundwater Protection Project
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
The District was the recipient of EPA 319 funds in 1990 to initiate local groundwater protection measures for shallow, unconfined public water supply wells. Contact Jay Gilbertson for more information.
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
The District has provided technical and financial support for watershed assessment studies designed to identify the source(s) of the pollutants that are degrading water quality in streams.
Surface Water Quality Assessment Projects: Lakes
Surface Water Quality Assessement Projects: Streams
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
The District has provided technical and financial support for watershed assessment studies designed to identify the source(s) of the pollutants that are degrading water quality in lakes.
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
The Central and North-Central Big Sioux River Watershed Assessments identified several areas of the Big Sioux River and various tributaries not meeting their designated uses due to impairments from total suspended solids and/or fecal coliform bacteria. An implementation project is currently ongoing addressing these issues.
Big Sioux River Bank Stability Project
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
Big Sioux River Bank Stability Project
In 2007, scientists from the National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi collected geotechnical data from five areas along the Big Sioux River near Castlewood, Bruce, Brookings, Egan, and Renner.
Water Quality Monitoring Projects
Big Sioux River Surface Water Implementation Project
Big Sioux River Bank Stability Project
The District continuously monitors Water Quality Monitoring Sites along the Big Sioux River. In addition, nitrates are monitored at various stream sites throughout the District.