The Minnesota Stormwater Research Council (MSRC) is an organization of stormwater professionals, practitioners, managers, engineers, researchers and others that seeks to facilitate and complete research on urban stormwater management and transfer that knowledge to professionals that can use it to prevent, minimize and mitigate the impacts of runoff. The MSRC is administered by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC).
Established in 2016, the goals of the MSRC include:
- Facilitate the completion of needed applied research that enables more informed decisions about the use, management and protection of our water resources in urbanized areas.
- Periodically assess the status of research, identify consensus research priorities, and communicate these to Minnesota’s public and private research agencies and organizations.
- Promote coordination of research goals, objectives and funding among the research agencies and organizations.
Financiers of the MSRC
The MSRC is financially supported by watershed districts and organizations, cities, and private industry. Additional financial support is provided by the U of M Water Resources Center, the Clean Water Fund from the State of Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, the U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Sea Grant and the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences.
Financial support in 2022 received from the following:
- Barr Engineering Company
- Capitol Region Watershed District
- City of Bloomington
- City of Edina
- Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
- Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
- Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
- Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
- South Washington Watershed District
- Stantec
- Upper Mississippi River Source Water Protection Project
- Valley Branch Watershed District
Thank you to these organizations for their financial support. The projects, efforts and new discoveries made would not have been possible without their support.
New financial partners are continually sought. Pooling funds allows the Council to invest in research that no one organization may be able to effective do themselves.
2022 Stormwater research funding support request (PDF)
Contact John Bilotta council administrator for more information.
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Currently accepting research proposals on urban stormwater ponds. The full RFP can be found on our funding opportunities page.
Annual meeting and other resources
July 20, 2023 - please check back for announcements