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Rainwater will be collected, filtered and used to water playing fields at Upper Villa Park in Roseville. Construction started this month. • St. Anthony built an underground tank next to City Hall to collect runoff for irrigation use. Three fountains sit atop the tank, and the site is popular for wedding portraits. • St. Anthony, the Mississippi Water Management Organization, Minneapolis, St. Anthony and Hennepin County are collaborating to construct a $1.6 million underground stormwater treatment and research facility. It will treat 169 million gallons of runoff annually, removing 39 tons of sediment. • The Roseville system at Villa Park is expected to capture 10 million gallons of runoff a year and reduce potable water use by 1.3 million gallons annually. Roseville's project is really a pre-emptive strike, said Forrest Kelley, regulator and construction project manager for the Capitol Region Watershed District, which is working with the city on the project. "Lake McCarrons has good water quality, but in recent years we've seen a decrease," he said. Construction on the $1 million water storage and infiltration system started this month. The tank will be buried beneath the playing field and parking lot. "It will also help to reduce erosion in the area," said Lonnie Brokke, Roseville's director of parks and recreation. In previous years, runoff caused mudslides that closed trails and damaged parkland. The project is being paid for in part with Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy funds from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Board of Water and Soil Resources. Roseville and the watershed district are also contributing.