Alum Project News

At the June 2022 Blue Lake Improvement District meeting, Isanti County Soil and Water presented the plan for the Alum Treatment -they got the grant! 

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At the May 2021, Blue Lake Improvement District and Isanti County proposed our next project.  The Blue Lake Alum project.  Details can be found in the May 2021 Minutes.  A grant has been applied for by ICWS and we should know more by the end of 2021.  More details can be found in the August 2021 Annual Meeting minutes. 

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