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
| Summary of Recent Monitoring | |||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Lake Level Monitoring | |||
| Lake George East Twin Lake Cooper Lake Minard Lake |
Lake George |
Lake George |
Lake George East Twin Lake Coopers Lake Minard Lak |
| Lake Water Quality Monitoring | |||
| Lake George | Lake George | East Twin | |
| Stream & River Water Quality Monitoring | |||
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Seelye Brook at CR 7 Cedar Creek at CR 9 Ford Brook at CR 63 Rum River at CR 24 Rum River at CR 7 |
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| Biomonitoring | |||
| Rum River at Hwy 24, St. Francis High School | Rum River at Hwy 24, St. Francis High School | Rum River at Hwy 24, St. Francis High School | |
| Reference Wetlands | |||
| Five Reference
Wetland Sites |
Five Reference
Wetland Sites |
Five Reference
Wetland Sites |
Five Reference
Wetland Sites |
xcerpts from the Anoka Conservation District's Annual Water Monitoring Reports that include all URRWMO Monitoring:
| Upper Rum River Watershed Results (pdf) | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Detailed descriptions of the methodologies used for each type of monitoring can be found on the Anoka Conservation District's website.
