This agreement provides support to the state of indiana to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted run-off from…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Indiana Department of Environmental Management a $6,428,333 Formula Grant under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.460) program for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026. The grant supports Indiana's implementation of its Nonpoint Source Management Program through projects focusing on watersheds impaired by nonpoint source pollution. Projects include best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs. The grant also provides $6.4M in funding to seven soil and water conservation district sub-awardees to develop watershed management plans, conduct education programs, implement best management practices, and monitor water quality in priority watersheds across Indiana.

This agreement provides support to the state of indiana to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted run-off from nonpoint sources. Nonpoint source implementation projects include a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (bmps), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and a variety of education/outreach programs. The primary benefits are the residents in the state of indiana. The outcome of the projects will provide the following: improved water quality and reduced contaminant loads (e.g., nutrients, bacteria (e. Coli), and sediment); development of watershed management plan documents; increase in education and outreach to local citizens concerning NPS issues; implementation of bmps addressing target loads and goals of wmps (e.g., create and enhance riparian buffers along stream channels to decrease nutrient and sediment inputs to surface waters); improve