Watershed District Turns Stormwater Repairs into Public Outreach Effort

Capitol Region Watershed District produces video to give customers a rare glimpse of a century-old underground tunnel and educate them about their role in the quality of area waterways

By Kyle Rogers
March 29, 2017

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Watershed District Turns Stormwater Repairs into Public Outreach Effort — Workers inspect the Trout Brook storm sewer. (Photo from Capitol Region Watershed District)

For a Minnesota watershed district, a months-long repair of a large stormwater tunnel turned into a prime public outreach opportunity.

In December, the Capitol Region Watershed District began fixing the areas of missing or damaged mortar between the large limestone blocks of...

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