Cottonwood County Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan

The Cottonwood County Local Water Management Plan is intended to identify existing and potential water issues in the context of watershed units and groundwater systems, informing specific implementation actions to achieve goals for sound hydrological management of water and related resources.

Requirements of a local water plan are set forth in current state statute (M.S. 103B.311, Subd. 4.). The plan must address management of water, effective environmental protection, and efficient resource management, and must be consistent with local water management plans prepared by counties and watershed management organizations wholly or partially within a single watershed unit or ground water systems. This Water Plan is a ten-year management plan with a five-year implementation schedule.
 
The County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution on March 4, 2016 to update this plan, according to Minnesota Statutes now in effect.
 
This is the plan update for the fourth edition of the local water management plan for Cottonwood County, which was completed in March of 2017 by a Public Hearing before the Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners. 

A Public Hearing was held on March 23rd, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. to hear public comment on the Proposed 2017 Cottonwood County Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan. The hearing was held at 900 3rd Ave. in the Cottonwood County Commissioner's Room. The final water plan can be found online or a copy can be found at the Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District Office.

 2017-2027 Cottonwood County Comprehensive Local Water Plan with Other Waters Maps Addendum

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Figures from Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan3 documents

• Fig. 1 Cottonwood County Wetlands Inventory pg. 16
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• Fig. 2 2012 Impaired Waters Requiring a TMDL (Draft) Map pg. 17
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• Fig. 3  Cottonwood County Wellhead Protection Areas Map pg. 21
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Other Waters Maps Addendum6 documents

• Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District Other Waters Resolution
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• Blue Earth Watershed
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• Cottonwood Watershed
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• Middle Minnesota Watershed
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• Watonwan Watershed
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• West Fork Des Moines Watershed
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Other Items from the Water Plan Public Hearing3 documents

• Minutes from the Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan Public Hearing 3/23/17
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• Written Comments from the Public Hearing
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• Affidavit of Publication from the Public Hearing on March 23rd, 2017
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