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http://www.startribune.com/ u AS r lVl u r ::'1() Stormwater 1 protect Roseville's Lake McCarrons Systems in Roseville, elsewhere will capture stormwater r irrigation or treatment By Shannon Prather Star Tribune PHOTOS BY AARON LAVINSKY • AARON. LAVI NSKY@STARTRIBUNE.COM 6�,RO111 1V11I1IIIR � 3, 20°�5 9 38,IIaIlVf Jennifer and Mike Eastman -Loupe and their boys visited McCarrons Lake in Roseville. A cistern will store millions of gallons of runoff water, keeping it out of the lake. Stormwater runoff has the potential to choke the life out of suburban lakes and streams. Rainwater laced with lawn chemicals, moldy leaves, grass clippings and trash flows from driveways to storm drains to lakes, fueling algae growth that hurts other plants and wildlife. A new Roseville city project soon will divert millions of gallons of that mucky water from flowing into Lake McCarrons each year. It will be captured, filtered and used to sprinkle the softball field at Upper Villa Park. It's part of a new generation of projects across the Twin Cities designed to reuse or filter stormwater before it flows back into lakes and rivers. • In St. Paul, rainwater from a Metro Transit Green Line station is stored and used to water the baseball diamond at CHS Field and to flush toilets at St. Paul Saints games. • In Minneapolis, stormwater from the roof and parking lot of Edison High School will be used to water the football field.