The City of Readlyn recently received $70,000 from the Iowa Water Quality Initiative Urban Conservation Project to be used to support a local partnership brought together with the common goal of building a stormwater quality management program within the City of Readlyn. This project will partner with the SRF Sponsored Projects Program to install a series of bioretention cells in an area of town which has been historically subject to large stormwater runoff volumes.
Projects funded by the Iowa WQI Urban Conservation Project will focus on conservation measures that capture and allow stormwater to be absorbed into the ground and reduce a property’s contribution to water quality degradation, stream flows and flooding. They also include strong partnerships and outreach/education components to disseminate information to promote increased awareness and adoption of available practices and technologies for achieving reductions in nutrient loads to surface waters.
Full Announcement: https://www.cleanwateriowa.org/news-latest/2017/3/13/branstad-reynolds-northey-announce-12-urban-water-quality-demonstration-projects-selected-to-receive-funding
Learn More About Bioretention Cells in Iowa: https://iowastormwater.org/green-infrastructure/bioretention-cells/
