urban demonstration projects

Currently, there are 94 urban demonstration watershed projects -- Nine were funded in 2015, 12 in 2016, 12 in 2017, 11 in 2018, 11 in 2019, 10 in 2020, and 12 in 2021, and 17 projects received funding in 2022.

Iowa Urban Demonstration Projects

South Skunk River Basin Watershed Project
 

Ames

Calhoun County Urban Project
 

Lohrville, Rockwell City, and Twin Lakes

West Des Moines School Pond Improvements
 

West Des Moines

Price Creek–Amana Colonies Urban Conservation and Water Quality Education

Amana Colonies

Agriculture Practices in an Urban Landscape: Bioreactors and Saturated Buffers

Davenport

Sustainable Iowa State Fair
 

Des Moines

Stormwater Management for Education Institutions in Black Hawk County

Cedar Falls & Waterloo

Clay County Fair Centennial Plaza
 

Spencer

Fourmile Creek Watershed Project Sediment Basin Forebay and Stormwater Wetland
 

Des Moines

City of Slater Permeable Paver Project

Slater

East Fork Des Moines River WQI Demonstration Project

Algona

Cherokee 2018 Stormwater Improvements

Cherokee

Stormwater Quality Improvements

Garnavillo

Sioux City Bomgaars Expo Center Water Quality Improvement Project

Sioux City

Campus Town Water Quality Improvements

Ames

Bringing Urban Practices to Rural Communities

Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development (Avoca, Glenwood, Malvern, Oakland, Red Oak and Sidney)

Hickory Park Detention Basin

City of Pleasant Hill

Charles city stormwater wetland demonstration project

Charles City

Main Street Reconstruction Project

Elkhart

Fourmile Creek Greenway Stormwater Wetland

Polk County Conservation

Vesterheim’s Heritage Park Project: Setting a Course to Reduce Nutrients in the Upper Iowa

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum (decorah)

Schleswig Golf Course Wetland Project

Schleswig

Crossroads Park Water Quality Improvements

West Des Moines

Brookside Water Quality Project

City of Ames

Conservation and Education: Stormwater Management at Cedar Falls High School

Black Hawk Soil & Water Conservation District

Bloomfield Square Improvements

Bloomfield

Greenbelt Stormwater Improvement and Demonstration Project

Decorah

Hospice of Washington County-Water Quality Project

Washington

Iowa Street Stormwater Wetland

Perry

City of Waukon Stormwater Quality Improvements

Waukon

Water Quality Initiative for Waveland Park Neighborhood

Des Moines

Restoring Storm Lake Storm Water
 

Storm Lake

Permeable Alley Project
 

Cedar Falls

NE 36th Street Sedimentation Basin and Stormwater Wetland Project

Ankeny

Pilot Projects to Assist Future Larger Scale Implementation of Best Management Practices

Cedar Rapids

Easter Lake Watershed Project Sediment Forebay and Stormwater Wetland

Des Moines

Promenade Green Infrastructure Improvements
 

Sioux City

Woodland Hills Park Water Quality Improvements

West Des Moines

5th and valley parking lot

 Burlington

Downtown Denison Urban Conservation Project
 

Denison

Walnut Creek WMA: Nutrient Treatment/Flood Storage Wetlands

Clive & Urbandale

Grand Avenue Extension Urban Water Quality Project

Ames

Angel Park Soil Quality Restoration

Clive

Grimes Main Street Park Project

Grimes

Camp Creek Sediment Basin and Stormwater Wetland

Metro Waste Authority

Colby Water Quality Demonstration Park 

Windsor Heights

Hotel Millwright Campus Urban Conservation Project

Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development (Amana Colonies)

Beaver Creek Watershed Improvements

Ogden

Fourmile Creek Broadway Avenue Stormwater Wetland

Polk County Conservation

Field of Dreams Watershed One Water Initiative Phase 1: Stormwater Wetland #1

Dyersville

Manchester Stormwater Wetlands Project

Manchester

Storm Lake High School Courtyard Conservation Project

Storm Lake

Waukee Public Library Stormwater Improvements

Waukee

City of Polk City Soil Quality Restoration Project

Polk City

Sioux Center Meadow Creek Wet Pond Project

sioux Center

Chris Larsen Park Riverfront Development

Sioux City

Francis Sites Stormwater Wetland Project

DICKINSON COUNTY

Bondurant Recreational Sports Complex Soil Restoration

Bondurant

Soil Quality Restoration Pilot Program

Clive

City of Hartford Water Quality Improvements

Hartford

Shadle Park Pond Improvements

Pleasantville

West Marina Stormwater Wetland Project

Sundown Lake Rural Improvement Zone

Oxley Creek Watershed Improvements
 

Granger

Riverside Stormwater Wetlands
 

Webster City

Northeast Iowa Community College and the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation

Calmar

Monument Drive Pervious Paver System
 

Arnolds Park

Permeable Parking Demonstration at Coe College

Cedar Rapids

Black Hawk Lake Urban Watershed Project
 

Lake View

Restoring Storm Lake Water
 

Storm Lake

Parkway Watershed in Prairie Trail
 

Ankeny

Infiltration Practices along 6th Street SW Corridor
 Cedar Rapids

Five Island Lake Campground Urban Watershed Project

Emmetsburg

City of Readlyn Urban WQI: Initial Steps toward a Large Scale Effort
 

Readlyn

Atlantic Urban Conservation and Education Project

Atlantic

Coral Ridge Ave Reconstruction Project, Phase II

Coralville And North Liberty

Muscatine Parking Lot Runoff Solutions

Muscatine

Clear Lake Parking Lot Improvement Project

Clear Lake

Walnut Creek Hills Stormwater Wetland

Clive

Main Street Sustainable Infrastructure Project

Ottumwa

Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Water Quality Initiative

Calhoun County Soil and Water Conservation District

Eagle Grove Green Infrastructure + Rural Revitalization Downtown Project

Eagle Grove

S. 1st Street Parking Lot Stormwater Improvement Project

Marshalltown

Underwood Stormwater Project

Underwood

GREENBELT LANDING STORMWATER WETLAND PROJECT

CLIVE

Central Business District and Stormwater Wetland Projects

Osceola

Trees forever Campus Improvement Project

Marion

Wilton Water Quality Improvement Projects

Wilton

Garden Corridor Edible Arboretum Urban Conservation Demonstration Project

Charles City

Student-Led Stormwater Improvement Project

Drake University

Community Center Green Infrastructure

Lake View

Creekview Stormwtaer Wetland

Polk County

Nature Center Water Quality Improvement Projects

Webster County Conservation Board