Monitoring

The SRWMO has a cooperative agreement with the Anoka Conservation District each year to conduct water resources monitoring. This monitoring is aimed at tracking the conditions in lakes and streams, detecting problems before they become severe, and diagnosing the cause of any problems so the most effective corrective measures can be put in place. The monitoring tasks have included:

Lake Level Monitoring
Lake Water Quality Monitoring
Stream Water Quality Monitoring
Stream Hydrology Monitoring
Reference Wetland Monitoring
Lakeshore Inventories

Summary of Monitoring in Recent Years

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Lake Levels
Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake	Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake	Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake	Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake	Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake
Lake Water Quality Monitoring
	Boot Lake, Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake,	Boot Lake, Typo Lake	Martin Lake, Typo Lake	Coon Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Boot Lake, Typo Lake,
Secchi Transparency Lake Monitoring
			Coon Lake-E Bay, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake, Island Lake, Pet Lake, South, East, West at Coon Lake, Skunk Lake, Tamarack Lake, Fawn Lake, South Branch Sunrise R at Hornsby St	Coon Lake-E, W and S Bay, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Fawn Lake, Typo Lake, Island Lake, Pet Lake, Skunk Lake, Tamarack Lake, Rice Lake
Stream Water Quality Monitoring
Typo Creek Lake at Typo Cr Drive	West Branch Sunrise River at CR 77, South Branch Sunrise River at Hornsby St.
Stream Hydrology Monitoring
Typo Creek at Lake outlet-both sides of car barrier Typo Creek at Typo Cr Dr-both sides of carp barrier	West Branch Sunrise River at CR 77, South Branch Sunrise River at Hornsby St.
Ground Water Elevation Monitoring
Three reference wetland sites	Three reference wetland sites	Three reference wetland sites	Three reference wetland sites	Three reference wetland sites

Excerpts from recent Anoka Conservation District Annual Water Reports that include SRWMO monitoring.

Sunrise River Watershed Results (pdf)
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Detailed descriptions of the methodologies used for each type of monitoring can be found on the Anoka Conservation District's website . We hire that agency to carry out the monitoring tasks.