funding urban green infrastructure with grant money
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Funding Urban Green Infrastructure with Grant
Money
Faith HambletonNonpoint Source Program
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Trade Fair May 2018
NPS grant programWhat can be fundedGreen Infrastructure Examples of funded projects Monitoring data from projects
Topics
NPS Program Priorities
Restore impaired water bodies to meet the water quality standards
Reduce the loading of key pollutants into water bodies (N, P, and Sediment)
Fund holistic watershed restoration projects (TMDLs, Watershed Protection Plans)
319 Funding Split in TexasTX Commission on Environmental Quality
TX Soil & Water Conservation Board
Agriculture, Silviculture Urban stormwater
Eligible Applicants
State agenciesCities, CountiesRiver AuthoritiesPublic UniversitiesCOGsNon-profits
319 Grant from EPA
~ 3 year projects; $250,000 – $600,000
Approx. 18 months from project proposal to funding
TMDL Implementation Plans Watershed Protection Plans
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) and 319 Funding
MS4 and 319 Funding
MS4s required to implement 6 “minimum control measures” (MCMs)
319 grants are prohibited from funding activities required to meet the 6 MCMs
Can fund activities that go above and beyond the MCMs
WHAT CAN BE FUNDED?
319(h) grant can fund “above and beyond” what is required in permit.
Structural – bioswales, raingardens, permeable pavement New and Redevelopment – site-specific post construction
runoff controls Demonstration area for the public, education Tie these activities into TMDL Implementation or a Watershed
Protection Plan
Two Approaches to StormwaterGreen Infrastructure (LID) Capture/Infiltrate; more facilities Control volume
Grey Infrastructure Pipes; fewer facilities Little volume control
Green Infrastructure or LID
Objective - Mimic pre-development hydrology
Practices – Slow, capture, infiltrate, store
Purpose - Reduce runoff volumeand …….. Benefits – Reduce pollutant loading, conserve water supply
Reduce and Re-direct Runoff
Accelerated runoff creek blowouts
Channel blow out Erosive velocities Homes in danger Fish kills Loss of habitat Expensive to repair
Reduce & Redirect Runoff
Reduce Runoff – BMPsBio-retention
Bio-retention, also called rain garden: a shallow low-lying garden usually with porous fill to absorb and/or filter rainfall.
Reduce Runoff – BMPsBio-retention – Urban streets
Mulched bed below pavement level
Reduce Runoff – BMPsPermeable Pavement
captures, filters, and treats runoff in a porous subsurface storage layer.
Reduce Runoff – BMPsRain Water Harvesting
Household Uses
Commercial Scale
319 Funded Projects with Green Infrastructure and Water
Quality Data
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mission Drive-In Redevelopment San Antonio
Cisterns
Mission Drive-In Redevelopment Water Quality Results
Austin Area Changes
Raised bed, continuous curb Lowered bed, Curb cuts
Street Drainage BMPs -Houston
Rain Gardens
Tree Boxes
Street Drainage BMPs - Houston
Pollutant load reductions
Dallas AgriLife Center
Dallas AgriLife Center BMP Research
Retention PondRetention Pond
Bioretention Area
Dallas AgriLife Center
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Cisterns
Permeable Pavement
Do You Need Grant Money ?Green Infrastructure in MS4 areaMany types of pollutant reduction projects
in non MS4 areaTMDL ImplementationWatershed Protection Plans
Apply ! June 2018
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
