This $6,650,000 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.460) provides support to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to implement its state nonpoint source management program. The key activities funded include: developing watershed management plans, promoting and implementing cost-share programs for agricultural and urban best management practices (BMPs), and establishing a water quality monitoring/assessment program. The anticipated outcomes include reductions in nutrients, total suspended solids, and E. coli bacteria through the implementation of BMPs such as riparian buffers, improved cropland residue, and urban stormwater controls. As part of this grant, a $125,000 sub-award was provided to the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District to undertake an implementation project focused on installing BMPs within the targeted watershed.
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