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• Vermillion River in Dakota County <br />• Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County <br />• Vadnais Lake in Ramsey County <br />• Savage Fen, Eagle Creek and Boiling Springs in Scott County <br />• Valley Creek in Washington County <br />Surface water impacts vary throughout the region, driven by differences in the level of development <br />and by different hydrogeologic conditions that shape groundwater and surface water interactions. <br />Figure 22. Surface water features likely connected to regional groundwater flow system. <br />• Spring <br />• Calcareous Fen <br />Trout Stream <br />Surface Water Type <br />Disconnected from the <br />regional groundwater <br />system <br />Recharges aquifers <br />Receives and discharges <br />groundwater <br />Es Supported by upwelling <br />groundwater <br />METROPOLITAN <br />C 0 Is N - C. <br />4 5 10 20 Miles <br />I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I <br />Minnesota Rules (6115.0670) specify that appropriation from groundwater shall be limited if the <br />commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources determines that a direct relationship of <br />groundwater and surface waters exists such that there would be adverse impact on the surface <br />waters. Minn. Stat., Sec. 103G.287 specifies that the applicable laws protecting surface water uses in <br />Section 103G.285 apply to groundwater uses where there will be a negative impact on surface waters <br />from groundwater pumping. <br />The following are groundwater -dependent land or surface water features at increased risk, depending <br />on their proximity to groundwater pumping: <br />• State -designated trout streams <br />WATER SUPPLY MASTER <br />PLAN- Draft June 2015 <br />49 <br />