Best Practice Action Detail

Best Practice Action 19.1

GreenStep City Best Practices: Environmental Management

Surface Water No. 19

Improve local water bodies to sustain their long-term ecological function and community benefits.

Best Practice Action 1

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Consistently monitor surface water quality/clarity and report findings to community members.

Learn more about the MPCA Citizen Lake and Citizen Stream Monitoring Programs and how community members can participate.
Cities can reach out to find volunteers from schools/colleges, seniors, service/environmental groups, and can organize a community-wide event to collect stream/river samples.

	Confirm that a governmental entity (watershed district/organization, county, MPCA, DNR, MDH) is routinely sampling water quality/clarity in at least one location within the city/city’s watershed.
	Post on the city website water quality/clarity data (or a link to data) available for the city/city’s watershed.
	Recognize on the city website at least one person who is a volunteer water monitor, and assure that they are routinely sampling a river or lake or wetland in at least one location within the city/city’s watershed and sending results to the MPCA.