A Survey of Several Bloomington Ponds Investigating Water Quality and Aquatic Plant Characteristics

A pond in Bloomington.

During 2009, the City of Bloomington monitored 28 different lakes and ponds within the City. In 2010, the City continued these monitoring efforts, but limited the monitoring to only smaller water bodies.

Project goals

The objective of monitoring these water bodies includes the following:

Characterize water quality conditions in the selected ponds in June, July, and August.
Evaluate how ponds were performing in regard to reducing nutrients in stormwater runoff.
Evaluate aquatic plant and algal treatments on treated ponds.
Suggest future management options for the Bloomington pond group.

Information available online

2009 Water Quality and Aquatic Plant Conditions in 28 Lakes and Ponds in Bloomington (26-page, 974KB PDF )
2009 Individual Pond Reports (50-page, 882KB PDF)
2009 Appendix A Pond Pictures (14-page, 1.13MB PDF)
2010 Water Quality and Aquatic Plant Report (40-page, 2.18MB PDF)
2010 Fish Surveys of Ten Stormwater Ponds in Bloomington (23-page, 1.52MB PDF)

For more information, contact:

Bryan Gruidl, Engineering Tech.
PH: 952-563-4557, FAX: 952-563-4868
E-mail: bgruidl@ci.bloomington.mn.us