Dakota County Clean Water Community Initiative

This project will provide cost share funding to organizations and associations to construct medium-sized water quality conservation projects in Dakota County. This project will continue the successful FY2012 Dakota County Community Partners in Conservation. The Community Initiative program will use the Soil and Water Conservation District's existing Conservation Initiative Funding program to provide technical assistance and monetary incentives for targeted, medium-sized projects such as raingardens, bioinfiltration, and bioswales.
Project proposals will be solicited from faith based organizations, homeowner associations and lake associations and others that own or manage large areas of land. Conservation practices will result in the reduction of stormwater volumes and pollutants and will improve water quality in a number of impaired lakes and rivers in Dakota County. This project will install up to eight projects treating runoff from up to 10 acres of urban land. In addition, the project will engage and educate citizens in water resource protection by providing hands-on learning through project installation.