Stormwater team works through the freeze

While some of Bloomington’s transportation construction projects wind down for winter, the season is the best time for the stormwater engineering team to remove accumulated sediment from the City’s stormwater ponds. The frozen ground makes it easier for workers to access the pond bottoms.

Cleaning out pond sediment improves pond functionality and improves habitat for a variety
of wildlife.

This winter, the team is working on Glenroy Pond, a small industrial stormwater pond off of West 78th Street; Tarnhill Pond West, a natural waterbody in the northeast corner of West 102nd Street and Normandale Boulevard; and Bryant Park Upper Pond, West 84th Street and Aldrich Avenue South.

Want to help? Sediment enters ponds from the storm sewer system linked to street drains. You can help by cleaning up yard waste, pet waste and garbage from the streets before it enters the stormwater system.