Reports

Red River Basin Commission Updates:

Report of the Lake Winnipeg Forum
February 15, 2007

The results of the Lake Winnipeg Forum held in Winnipeg on February 15, 2007.  The Forum was sponsored by The Winnipeg Foundation.

Red River Joint Water Resource District
2007-2009 Water Management Strategy

In general terms, the overall purpose of this water management strategy is to improve the quality of water management actions pursued by the RRJWRD. With this strategy in place, it will enable the RRJWRD to focus on future efforts that will help them to more efficiently achieve their water management and development goals. And, by providing timeframes for activity completion, the RRJWRD will be better equipped to monitor their progress in the future.

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
RED RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

Bureau of Reclamation
Most of the population of the Red River Valley, including the residents of Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks and Moorhead, Minnesota rely on the Red River of the North and its tributaries as primary or sole sources of water.


RESTORING THE HEALTH OF LAKE WINNIPEG
Canada’s Sixth Great Lake

Technical Annex
A Report by The Lake Winnipeg Implementation Committee, November 2005
Lake Winnipeg is at a critical point in its history. It has been compared to the highly-stressed Lake Erie in the 1960s before concerted action was taken to improve it.  Slightly larger than Lake Erie, Lake Winnipeg covers 23,750 square kilometers and is the 10th largest freshwater lake in the world.  It is comprised of a larger North Basin and smaller South Basin.  The lake is located in North America’s second largest drainage basin, the Nelson River Basin, that drains into Hudson Bay.
 

DEVILS LAKE BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
DEVILS LAKE BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board & North Dakota State Water Commission, 2006
It was determined by the Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board (Joint Board) in early 2002, that a need existed to update the 1995 plan, and to re-evaluate its objectives based on more current and enhanced data.  That report supercedes the 1995 Devils Lake Basin Water Management Plan that was a product of the Devils Lake Basin Conceptual Water Management Plan.  When the 2002 plan was completed, it was decided by the Joint Board to update the plan at least every three years.

WATER QUALITY IN THE RED RIVER BASIN
WATER QUALITY IN THE RED RIVER BASIN - PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REFERENCE GUIDE

The Red River Basin Commission has developed these guides to inform basin residents of concerns that agencies are addressing in water quality management, as well as to provide solutions that all basin residents can utilize to upgrade the health of our water resources.

RED RIVER: WATER LAW STUDY
The Red River Basin Commission, with funding from the International Joint Commission and Manitoba Water Stewardship, has compiled information addressing numerous questions related to water use and allocation similarities and differences between the province of Manitoba and the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. These questions document processes and actions that would be followed in low water supply periods and extended drought in the Red River Basin


USGS Flood of 1997 Poster

Copies of this poster are available at the Moorhead RRBC office.

USGS MAP for web

 

Water Quality in the Red River Basin - A Report to Basin Residents and a Call to Action
The Red River Basin Commission developed this guide to inform basin residents of concerns that agencies are addressing in water quality management, as well as to provide solutions that all basin residents can utilize to upgrade the health of our water resources.

Water Quality in the Red River Basin - A Report to Basin Residents and a Call to Action - Part 2
Program Assistance Reference Guide

This guide developed by the Red River Basin Commission highlights financial assistance programs provided by federal, provincial and state governments for local leaders, landowners and individuals to help reduce or remove nutrients in the waterways of the Red River Basin.