City of Duluth Chester St. Louis See Section 47-85% Address Improve access to public restroom access along Chester -- Consider installing Replace sanitary # of X X 2048 E. coli E. Frontal Lake 2 and coli discharges of Creek. additional permanent sewers in high crossings – Superior (-545) E. coli TMDL Appendix A reduction untreated restrooms. priority (401010204) (see wastewater See watershed wide strategies. (cont.) Appendix Complete inspections A) and upgrades of all stream crossings for E. coli-impaired waters Address See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory and assess 100% compliance % of septic X subsurface septic systems for all septic systems in sewage systems compliance treatment Upgrade all ITPH systems (SSTS) systems Investigate potential for connecting to regional wastewater system Stormwater Identify areas in the contributing drainage area that lack -- Stormwater retrofit Stormwater % treated X X X management stormwater management and implement practices to study management disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality provided for Implement 2 treatment. majority of neighborhood scale watershed See watershed wide strategies. projects Pet and wildlife See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife Vegetated -- X X X populations in the buffers for management watershed majority of open waters Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Education and See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign Conduct focused -- X X outreach that addresses sources outreach every of E. coli Land use Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste -- Updated ordinances Compliance with X X planning and ordinances. as needed ordinances ordinances Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers on open waters. City of Duluth Chester Sediment, See Section -- Streambank Riparian restoration downstream of Kenwood Ave, Three stream Restoration of river Address all -- X X X X -- Frontal Lake Creek temperature, 2 stabilization and between Kenwood Ave and the confluence with East restoration miles 1.4-1.6 and reaches showing – Superior (-545) others riparian Branch Chester Creek, and between Triggs Ave and projects in 2016 3.6 increases in (401010204) (cont.) management Arrowhead Road on the East Branch. using natural temperature (cont.) channel design Invasive species Remove and control invasive species in riparian areas principles; management Restoration downstream of Kenwood Ave., between Kenwood Ave included projects on 7 stream locations
City of Duluth – Frontal Lake Superior (401010204) (cont.) Chester (-545) St. Louis E. coli E. coli TMDL See Section 2 and Appendix A 47-85% E. coli reduction (see Appendix A) Address discharges of untreated wastewater Improve access to public restroom access along Chester Creek. See watershed wide strategies. -- Consider installing additional permanent restrooms. Complete inspections and upgrades of all stream crossings for E. coli-impaired waters Replace sanitary sewers in high priority # of crossings X X 2048 Address subsurface sewage treatment systems (SSTS) See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory and assess septic systems Upgrade all ITPH systems Investigate potential for connecting to regional wastewater system 100% compliance for all septic systems % of septic systems in compliance X Stormwater management Identify areas in the contributing drainage area that lack stormwater management and implement practices to disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality treatment. See watershed wide strategies. -- Stormwater retrofit study Implement 2 neighborhood scale projects Stormwater management provided for majority of watershed % treated X X X Pet and wildlife management See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife populations in the watershed Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Vegetated buffers for majority of open waters -- X X X Education and outreach See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign that addresses sources of E. coli Conduct focused outreach every -- X X Land use planning and ordinances Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste ordinances. Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers on open waters. -- Updated ordinances as needed Compliance with ordinances X X City of Duluth – Frontal Lake Superior (401010204) (cont.) Chester Creek (-545) (cont.) Sediment, temperature, others See Section 2 -- Streambank stabilization and riparian management Riparian restoration downstream of Kenwood Ave, between Kenwood Ave and the confluence with East Branch Chester Creek, and between Triggs Ave and Arrowhead Road on the East Branch. Remove and control invasive species in riparian areas downstream of Kenwood Ave., between Kenwood Ave Three stream restoration projects in 2016 using natural channel design principles; included Restoration of river miles 1.4-1.6 and Invasive species management Address all reaches showing increases in temperature Restoration projects on 7 stream locations -- X X X X -- 3.6
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