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Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission

Water Data and Projects 

Click on the links below for water data, reports, and projects updates.

General
Water Quality Management Policy (1998)
Historic Lake and Stream Water Quality Data for Bassett Creek Watershed

2013
A Biotic Index Evaluation of Bassett Creek and Plymouth Creek: 2012 (March 2013)

2012
2011 Study of the Water Quality of 169 Metropolitan Area Lakes - Excerpt with BCWMC Participating Lakes: Hidden Lake, Medicine Lake (2 sites), Northwood Lake, Sweeney Lake, Twin Lake, and Westwood Lake (Metropolitan Council, December 2012)

2011
Presentation on 2010 Water Quality Monitoring Activities: Medicine Lake and Twin Lake - by Keith Pilgrim, Barr Engineering Company, March 17, 2011

2010
-2010 Data from the BCWMC Lake Gauging Program

Lake Water Quality Study - 2010: Medicine Lake (March 2011)

Twin Lake Phosphorus Internal Loading Investigation (March 2011)

-Bassett Creek E. coli Bacteria Monitoring - June 2010 - the final sampling of a two-year E. coli monitoring program of Bassett Creek by the BCWMC

-Proposed Future BCWMC CIP Project "Wirth Lake Outlet Modification Project" Awarded $75,000 Grant through the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) 2011 Clean Water Fund Competitive Grants Program (See the BWSR News Release and Row #16 on BWSR's List of 2011 Funded Projects)

-Photos of Completed West Medicine Lake Park Pond Project 

-Feasibility Report for Bassett Creek Restoration Project - Reach 1 (Large PDF file - 56.9 MB)

-Feasibility Report for North Branch Bassett Creek Restoration Project (September 2010)

2009
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2009 Lake Water Quality Study: Sweeney Lake, Twin Lake, Northwood Lake, North Rice Pond, and South Rice Pond - by the BCWMC, January 2010 (135 page PDF) 

-Resource Management Plan for Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission Proposed Water Quality Improvement Projects 2010 -  2016 - July 2009

2008
-2008 Lake Water Quality Study: Sweeney Lake and Twin Lake

2007
-2007 Lake Water Quality Study: Westwood Lake and Crane Lake
-Hennepin County River Watch 2007 Year in Review: Bassett Creek

2006
-2006 Lake Water Quality Study: Medicine Lake
Metropolitan Council's 2006 Lake Monitoring

2005
River Watch 2005 Presentation 

2005 Lake Water Quality Study: Northwood, Sweeny, & Twin Lakes 

2001
2000 - 2001 Water Quality Study: Crane Lake, Northwood Lake, South Rice Lake, Sweeney Lake, Parkers Lake, Westwood Lake, Wirth Lake, Medicine Lake, and Bassett Creek

2000
2000 Bassett Creek Biotic Index Summary 
A Biotic Index Evaluation of Bassett Creek and Plymouth Creek: 2000
2000 Lake Water Quality Study: Northwood Lake, Parkers Lake, Sweeney Lake, and Twin Lake

1999
Medicine Lake Water Quality Summary through 1999