Watershed Improvement

June 19, 2024: There are currently no Watershed Improvement Grant opportunities available for applications at this time. We will continue to update this space and utilize EcoNewsWire press releases to announce future opportunities where applicable. Thank you for your applications and ongoing interest in Iowa's water quality improvement!

The Watershed Quality Improvement Section has a new factsheet about the DNR's efforts to investigate the prevalence, sources, and risk factors related to E. coli bacteria and other pathogens at Iowa's beaches. The factsheet is available for download here.

Questions?

Contact watershed.improvement@dnr.iowa.gov for more information or utilize the Contact Watershed Staff Page.

• NEW: Investigating Indicator Bacteria & Pathogens at Iowa's Beaches Fact Sheet
  
• Nonpoint Source Program Fact Sheet
  

• Upcoming public meetings
• Public Perceptions of Water Quality in Iowa: A Statewide Survey | Survey results
• Lyons Creek Watershed Project: Lessons Learned from Partner and Participant Reflections
• Clean Water Starts With Us (ARCHIVE) e-newsletter (Discontinued as of 2015, archive of back issues available)

Learn how communities can come together to reduce flood risk and improve water quality by forming a Watershed Management Authority.

Planning for Water Quality
Learn more about Iowa's Nonpoint Source Management Plan

Learn about how Iowans are improving the land for better water quality, including projects to improve trout fishing, to protect mussels, to give new life to well-loved recreational lakes and rivers, and more in our annual booklet, Working for Clean Water.

More Iowa watershed successes from the U.S. EPA