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Stormwater Incentive Programs: Keys for Success
Stormwater Incentive Programs are important tools to address stormwater runoff from private property. Numerous examples exist, and they vary in their benefits and challenges.
CWSRF Sponsorship Programs: Swipe Right to Match Point Source Projects with Nonpoint Source Projects
Since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), there has been an interest from many quarters to direct a larger portion of these funds towards green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) projects. While the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) has funded some GSI and other nonpoint source projects over the years, it remains a very small percentage of overall spending.
President Biden and Freshwater
Pooling Resources: How Collaboration & Data Are Shaping the Future of Drinking Water
Evaluating watershed partnerships
New report evaluates the last three years of efforts developing Midwest watershed partnerships
Midwest Watershed Partnerships: Successes, Challenges, and Immediate Opportunities
Sand County Foundation and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center evaluate the successes, challenges, and immediate opportunities for watershed partnerships in the Midwest.
Progress of Iowa Watershed Partnerships
A report on the progress of nine Iowa cities that have signed memoranda of understanding with the state Department of Natural Resources to establish watershed partnerships.
Establishing a Watershed Partnership
This report describes how to proliferate connections between point and nonpoint sources of nutrients to meet permit requirements and improve water quality.
Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not just in Iowa anymore!
A conversation about watershed partnerships in Kansas
Two New Iowa Communities Partnering with Farmers on Water Quality Goals
Mason City and Forest City sign innovative agreements to pay farmers to improve water quality.
Mapping Water Quality Improvement Opportunities in Iowa
A project to illustrate which watersheds and cities in Iowa are closest to meeting their nutrient reduction goals from municipal point sources
Water Quality Partnership in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed
In New York state, a clever partnership between the city of Syracuse and upstream farmers has managed to significantly clean up the Skaneateles Lake
An EPIC Response to EPA’s Nutrient Pollution Memo
Is “zero” a result? Is “no” an answer?
Watershed Partnerships Memoranda of Understanding
Recommendations to Strengthen EPA’s Watershed Approach To Water Quality Under the Biden Administration
New Report: Putting Watershed Approaches into EPA Regulations
Municipal-Agricultural Watershed Partnerships Project Guide
Develop a partnership in your watershed with this step-by-step guide: Municipal-Agricultural Watershed Partnerships Project Guide.
Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategies
The Iowa League of Cities began a project to create the Nutrient Reduction Exchange (NRE) to enable municipalities and other NPDES permit holders to meet their nutrient reduction obligations through work in watersheds and with other non-point source partners.