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Crow Wing, SWCD release lake chloride summary
Fifty waterbodies listed chloride as the primary pollutant or stressor on the 2018 Minnesota impaired waters lists, according to the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District.
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A rotating ice disc at the outlet of the Nokasippi River as it flows into Upper South Long Lake south of Brainerd in 2015. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Crow Wing County and the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District began chloride water sampling in 2019. The goal was to monitor the long-term effects of applying road salt.
Monitoring encompassed seven out of these 10 county lakes along county roads: Big Trout, Cross, Edward, Gilbert, Nokay, Pelican, Rabbit, Rock, Ross and Upper South Long Lake. The initial data indicated safe chloride levels ranging from 2.88 to 15.5 milligrams per liter.
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The Lester River empties into Lake Superior in January 2021. The Lester River and other streams can carry contaminants like PFAS from runoff to the lake. (Steve Kuchera / File / News Tribune)
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