Sioux Center, Iowa — A water quality project in Sioux Center has received $100,000 in state funding in the latest round of urban water quality projects announced recently.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig kicked off Soil and Water Conservation Week by announcing 12 urban water quality projects will receive funding from the state’s Water Quality Initiative. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will provide financial and technical assistance to the communities and organizations that are implementing urban water quality practices to manage storm-water. These practices help reduce precipitation run-off by capturing and soaking up water and sediment from impervious surfaces.
Naig says the projects are great examples of how state and local partners are collaborating to make a meaningful impact on water quality, and they provide valuable roadmaps that other communities can follow. He says, “When we all work together, we can improve our local water sources and help our neighbors downstream.”
The Sioux Center Meadow Creek Wet Pond project will receive $100,000 to help them install a large wet pond in the middle of an existing grassed waterway on the southeast side of the city. The pond will capture and treat runoff from 144-acres of land to protect the West Branch of the Floyd River.
To receive state funding, the urban water quality projects must include outreach and education components and local partners to support the project.
