1. Clean Water Fund Grants
Stormwater Funding Strategies
February 3, 2016

2. Achieving Clean Water Fund Goals & Priorities

3. Implementation of on-the-ground non-point restoration and protection activities
Prioritizing local resources
Targeting for effectiveness
Measuring the impact on water quality

4. NonPoint Priority Funding Plan

5. Primary Agency Programs
Clean Water Fund
Primary Agency Programs
Projects and Practices
Accelerated Implementation Grants
Community Partners Grants

6. Primary Programs: Projects and Practices
Upper Villa Park Volume Reduction & Stormwater Reuse
FY 2014 Grant Award: $127,000
This grant makes an investment in on-the-ground projects and practices that will protect or restore water quality in lakes, rivers or streams, or will protect groundwater or drinking water.
Proposals for projects meeting a waste load allocation and located on publicly owned land and exceeding $750,000 should consult with the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority before applying for BWSR Clean Water Funds.

7. Primary Programs: Accelerated Implementation
Integrating MIDS into Local Ordinance and Zoning Code
FY 2014 Grant Award: $127,000
Project Goal:
Up to 13 communities in the St. Croix River Basin will adopt ordinance for stormwater quality and volume standards.
Results:
Permanent local permitting processes
Standardized Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater approaches
This grant invests in building capacity for local governments to accelerate on-the-ground projects that improve or protect water quality and perform above and beyond existing state standards for protecting and restoring water quality.

8. Primary Programs: Community Partners
Otter Tail Community Partners
FY 2014 Grant Award: $150,000
Project Goal:
Will provide targeted community groups to go beyond planning and take action to protect their water resources
Results:
6 community partner sub-grants to lake associations with recently completed lake assessment reports
These funds leverage the interest of non-governmental partners such as faith organizations, lake and river associations, boy/girl scout troops, and other civic groups, to install on-the ground projects that reduce runoff and keep water on the land.

9. CWF: need vs. funds available
Funding demand continues to outpace funding availability

10. Ranking Utilizes an Interagency Approach
BWSR
DNR
MDA
MPCA
MDH

11. Urban Stormwater
Funding demand continues to outpace funding availability

12. Questions?