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"SurfaceWaterorWaters"meansallstreams,lakes,ponds,marshes,wetlands,reservoirs,springs, <br />rivers,drainagesystems,waterways,watercourses,andirrigationsystemswhethernaturalor <br />artificial,publicorprivate,exceptthatsurfacewatersdonotincludestormwatertreatmentsystems. <br />"Wetlands"(asdefinedinMinn.R.7050.0186,subp.1a.B.)meansthoseareasthat <br />areinundatedor <br />saturatedbysurfacewaterorgroundwateratafrequencyanddurationsufficienttosupport,and <br />undernormalcircumstancesdosupport,aprevalenceofvegetationtypicallyadaptedforlifein <br />saturatedsoilconditions.Wetlandsgenerallyincludeswamps,marshes,bogs,andsimilarareas. <br />Constructedwetlandsdesignedforwastewatertreatmentarenotwatersofthestate.Wetlands <br />musthavethefollowingattributes: <br />a) Apredominanceofhydricsoils;and <br />b) Inundatedorsaturatedbysurfacewaterorgroundwateratafrequencyandduration <br />sufficienttosupportaprevalenceofhydrophyticvegetationtypicallyadaptedforlifeina <br />saturatedsoilcondition;and <br />c) Undernormalcircumstancessupportaprevalenceofsuchvegetation. <br />March2024|wqstrm498 <br />Page 5 of 23 <br /> <br />