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104 This report summarizes work performed by the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) in partial fulfillment of work as described under contract 101021 between the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council. The goal of this investigation was to provide datasets that would assist the Metropolitan Council with regional ground water planning. Specifically, vertical travel times were calculated from a regional water table surface to bedrock in order to gain a better understanding of recharge to upper bedrock aquifers in the extended Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMAx). A focus of this investigation, therefore, was on the permeability of unconsolidated sediments overlying the bedrock surface, and the regional distribution of vertical hydraulic gradient. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2014. Water Governance Evaluation: Update 2014 - Recommendations to streamline, strengthen, and improve sustainable water management. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: St. Paul, MN. This report is a follow-up to the 2013 Water Governance Evaluation, prepared by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in collaboration with the other state water management agencies at the direction of the Legislature. This 2014 progress report focuses on: • initiatives that have been completed or are in progress • new initiatives that the group has identified; and • issues in need of further legislative action or direction Website State of Minnesota. 2014. Clean Water Fund Performance Report: A Report of Clean Water Funds Invested, Actions Taken, and Outcomes Achieved. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: St. Paul, MN. The Framework includes a set of performance measures that will convey the most meaningful information about clean water activities to key audiences across Minnesota. These performance measures generally fall into the following categories: • Environmental and drinking water measures to track whether our water is getting cleaner • Partnership and leveraging measures to track local government and citizen actions supported by the Clean Water Fund • Organizational performance measures to track state government -led actions supported by the Clean Water Fund • Financial measures to track how much and where Clean Water Fund money is being spent The Framework also describes the connection between short-term activities and long-term results. The multi -agency Team grouped the measures into three other categories: financial investments, actions taken, and outcome measures. Together these measures track how Clean Water Fund investments result in actions taken and ultimately, clean water outcomes achieved. In the early years of the Clean Water Fund, more progress will be reported in short-term actions taken than long term outcomes. Website University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics; Minnesota DNR - Division of Waters. Karst Feature Inventory Points [map]. Scale Not Given. January 2003. http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us (December 2014) Since the early 1980s, the Minnesota Geological Survey and Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Minnesota have been mapping karst features and publishing various versions of their results in the form of 1:100,000 scale County Geologic Atlases. In the mid 1990s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was assigned responsibility for the hydrogeology portions of the County Atlases and is now responsible for the karst mapping. Dalgleish and Alexander (1984), WATER SUPPLY MASTER PLAN- Draft June 2015