Management Plan
Management Plan Update
The RBWMO has initiated the process of updating its Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. This 10-year plan will provide strategic direction and specific implementation activities to fulfill the requirements of the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act and improve management of water quality, quantity, and habitat in the RBWMO.
Communiy input is essential to the development of the next Watershed Management Plan. Residents of the RBWMO can fill out this survey to share your concerns and priorities about water resources.
RBWMO's Purpose
The Richfield-Bloomington Water Management Organization's (RBWMO) purpose is to preserve and use natural water storage and retention systems within the Richfield-Bloomington Watershed to meet the purposes set forth in the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act.
The management plan must focus on preserving and using natural water storage and retention systems to:
- Reduce, to the greatest practical extent, the public capital expenditures necessary to control excessive volume and rate of runoff.
- Improve water quality.
- Prevent flooding and erosion from surface flows.
- Promote ground water recharge.
- Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities.
- Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water.
Current Management Plan
The RBWMO board adopted the updated Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan at the March 5, 2018 Annual Meeting, and revised it at the March 11, 2025 Annual Meeting to incorporate a Grant Program into the Implementation Program (Section 5).
Click HERE to view the adopted Plan.
Previous Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Plan - July 2008