Dustin Miller. Water Quality Trading in Iowa: Forming Partnerships for Success. September 15, 2016 Des Moines Annual Conference

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1 Iowa League of Cities Water Quality Trading in Iowa: Forming Partnerships for Success 2016 Annual Conference September 15, 2016 Des Moines Dustin Miller

2 Role Clean of Cities Water in Act Water Quality Unique Position as: Regulated through Waste and Storm- Water Permits Regulators through Pretreatment Permits Users as Drinking Water Sources

3 Why Clean Watersheds? Act Flood Mitigation / Stormwater Management Environmental Benefits / Sustainability Source Water Protection Economic Development Habitat Development / Species Protection Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Water Quality Trading

4 Water Quality Trading 2003 EPA Water Quality Trading Policy Allows One Point Source to Over Control for a Pollutant at a low cost, selling the over control as credits to another source that is not able to reduce pollutants as cost effectively. Previously Solely Compliance Driven Different Motivations for Watershed Projects Early Adoption Letter Reality of a Thin Market

5 Reality of a Thin Market IOWA NUTRIENT REDUCTION STRATEGY Point Source 8% Agriculture 33% CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL Forest 21% Atmospheri c Deposition Septic 1% 4% Nonpoint Source 92% Urban Stormwater 10% Point 31% Source: Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy and Libra, R.D.,Wolter, C.F., and Langel, R.J Nitrogen and Phosphorus Budgets for Iowa and Iowa Watersheds. Iowa Geological Survey Technical Information Series 47, 43p

6 Flood Mitigation / Stormwater Management Nature of Landscape and Land Practices Traditional Stormwater Management Iowa Flood Center est $97 million Iowa HUD National Disaster Resilience Award

7 NUTRIENT REDUCTION EXCHANGE

8 Nutrient Reduction Exchange

9 STATE REVOLVING FUND SPONSORED PROJECTS

10 Plant Upgrade $70 million plus upgrade to Dubuque Water & Resource Recovery Center Population: 58,253 County: Dubuque Sponsored Project - Approved through DNR and IDALS in Late 2014 Bee Branch Creek Daylighting Project Catfish Creek Watershed Project One Mile Streambank Restoration South Fork Water Quality Project for Reduction of Sediment, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous 75% Cost Share Program Projects Include: Soil Quality Restoration, Infiltration Based Projects (Bio-Retention, Pavers, Etc), Native Planting and Ag Practices (Ponds, Swales, Etc.)

11 Population: 1,983 County: Worth Plant Upgrade $8,970,630 Upgrade from Lagoon to Mechanical Plant including Disinfection Sponsored Project $897,630 for a sponsorship project called the Worth County Drainage Districts Constructed Wetlands Project CREP Wetland Funded through Sponsored Projects as a Partnership between IDALS, IDNR and IFA

12 Plant Upgrade Combined $30 million for Drinking Water and Waste Water Projects Population: 24,639 County: Webster Sponsored Project Phase 1: Streambank Stabilization and Bioretention in Snell-Crawford Park Phase 2: Badger Lake watershed in cooperation with the Webster County Conservation Board. Practices to reduce sediment and nutrients going will be installed including saturated buffers. Phase 3: Practices along the stretch of the Des Moines River that runs through the community.

13 IOWA WATER QUALITY INITIATIVE

14 Impaired Waters List IDALS Water Quality Initiative Bioreactors, Bioswales, Bioretention FEMA and HUD CDBG Integrated Swampbuster Wetland Bank Population: 10,790 County: Buena Vista

15 Integrated Swampbuster Bank

16 REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

17 Population: 128,429 County: Linn Flood Events and FEMA Connection to Agribusiness Middle Cedar Partnership Project $2.1 Million in 2014 Install best management practices such as cover crops, nutrient management, wetlands and saturated buffers to help improve water quality, water quantity and soil health in the Cedar River Watershed. The Nature Conservancy Upper Cedar Watershed Project $1.6 Million in 2016 Charles City, Mitchell SWCD, Floyd SWCD Population: 7,527 County: Floyd

18 Other Opportunities Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) Treatment Wetlands Iowa Legislature IWILL State Money Only Revolving Loan Fund

19 Questions? Robert Palmer Director of Government Affairs (515) Dustin Miller (515)