Otter Lake Best Management Practice Implementation

Otter Lake Best Management Practice Implementation

Description: Northwater is the program manager for an intensive Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation effort for Otter Lake, an important water supply and recreational reservoir. The program is designed to significantly reduce nutrient and sediment loads entering the lake from the surrounding watershed and includes BMP project identification, landowner outreach/coordination, surveying, development of engineering plans, pollutant load reduction estimates and construction oversight. The project includes over $250,000 of agricultural BMPs and was largely funded through the IEPA Section 319 program. Practices include retention basins, water and sediment control basins and grassed filter strips.