Targeting Faith Organizations for Water Quality Improvement

Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District (RWMWD) is a largely developed area of the Twin Cities with an average impervious surface area of 34%. Faith organizations often have large impervious surface areas with little to no stormwater treatment on site. The goal of this project is to collaborate with faith organizations in high priority areas to implement stormwater volume reduction retrofit projects. High priority areas are defined as areas with limited to no stormwater treatment before reaching a water body and/or areas that drain to an impaired water.
This project will offer grant funds to faith organizations for projects that will intercept, treat, and infiltrate runoff that will reduce total phosphorus and total suspended solids to high priority areas within RWMWD. Projects will range from rain gardens to infiltration and filtration trenches, porous pavement, and tree trenches.