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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 5 Water Resources Management <br />Process overview <br />The local surface water management plan shows how the <br />municipality protects the quality and quantity of surface water and <br />ground water. Nonpoint source pollution is a serious issue as it has a <br />direct impact on wastewater treatment costs. <br />The Metropolitan Council considers the municipality's plan to control <br />the cumulative impacts of nonpoint source pollution as critical to the <br />overall local water resources plan. Control of nonpoint source <br />pollution is considered in determining conformance with the Regional <br />Water Resources Management Policy Plan. <br />Minnesota rules specify the order in which the standards and <br />processes for protecting surface and ground water are drafted and <br />ratified. The Board of Water and Soil Resources, the watershed <br />management organizations, the Metropolitan Council, and the local <br />municipalities all play a part in the process. <br />The Board of Water and Soil Resources is required to adopt rules <br />that establish minimum standards for local surface water <br />management. <br />Each Watershed Management Organization (WMO) prepares and <br />formally adopts a watershed management plan based on the rules <br />established by the Board of Water and Soil Resources. <br />Within two years from the date that the WMO has adopted the <br />watershed plan, each municipality with land located within the <br />watershed must prepare a local surface water management plan that <br />is consistent with all applicable WMO plans. <br />http://www.metrocouncil.oro/plan <br />ninq /environment/WRM PP /WRM <br />PPMay2005 SurfaceWaterMana <br />gement.pdf <br />http://www.revisor.leo.state.mn.0 <br />s /arule /8410/ <br />http: / /www. revisor. led. state. mn. u <br />s /data /rev i s o r /statutes /2004/ 103 <br />B/201. html <br />http: / /www. revisor. led. state. mn. u <br />s /data /rev i s o r /statutes /2004/ 103 <br />B/235. html <br />April 2008 5 -12 <br />