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 runoff from…

This $6,295,000 EPA Region 5 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) supports the State of Indiana's efforts to implement its nonpoint source management program. Key activities include:

Improving water quality and reducing pollutant loads (nutrients, bacteria, sediment) through best management practices (BMPs) like riparian buffers, livestock exclusion, and cover crops. Developing watershed management plans and conducting water quality monitoring and assessments. Increasing education, outreach, and community engagement to promote adoption of conservation practices.

The grant provides sub-awards to various state agencies, soil/water conservation districts, non-profit organizations, and universities to carry out these initiatives across priority watersheds with impaired water quality from nonpoint sources. Anticipated outcomes include reductions in phosphorus, nitrogen, total suspended solids, and E. coli.

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 runoff 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.activities:the activities 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 the accessibility and learning opportunities within the pathway to water quality; restricting livestock from streams and ponds that will help eliminate nutrients in the water; reduce erosion on cropland by increasing residue on crop fields within the watershed; increase in urban/suburban BMP implementation to reduce the water quality impact of excess storm water; increased water quality awareness and changes in behavior; assessments of biological communities and habitat; and reduction in litter and trash within watersheds.subrecipient:the various listed projects will consist of developing watershed management plans, developing, promoting, and implementing cost-share programs and developing education/outreach programs. Subrewards will also be used by various state agencies in order to establish a water quality monitoring/assessment program to collect baseline data, collect and analyze water samples from lakes ad reservoirs.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include pollutant reductions for the following: (phosphorus and nitrogen), total suspended solids (TSS), and E. Coli bacteria. Direct beneficiaries of this program include all state residents and occupants, both permanent and temporary.