Runoff Management Grants

Overview

Nonpoint pollution is the primary threat to the health of Wisconsin's waterways. Because the best way to control nonpoint pollution is at its source, the DNR strongly supports local leadership and participation in pollution control. The DNR offers financial assistance for local efforts to control nonpoint source pollution. These grants support both the implementation of source-area controls to prevent runoff contamination and the installation of treatment systems to remove pollutants from runoff. The main goal of these nonpoint grants is to improve the quality of Wisconsin's water resources by decreasing the impacts of nonpoint pollution.

Financial assistance for local pollution-control efforts is available through various DNR loan and grant programs. Although the DNR will not be certain of its budget for funding these grants until after the applications are due, the DNR will accept applications in anticipation of funds being available. Please keep this uncertainty about funding in mind when deciding whether or not to prepare an application.

• Announcement for CY2010 Grants [PDF 49 KB]
• Brochure for CY2010 Grants [PDF 250 KB]
• Targeted Runoff Management Grant Program
• Urban Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Grant Program
• Notice of Discharge (NOD) Project Grants

Guidance

Documents and links that provide guidance to help you to prepare the grant application and/or to implement a grant you have received.

Other Financial Assistance

Other Financial Assistance Through the DNR

Information on the variety of grant and loan programs offered by the DNR is available from the Bureau of Community Financial Assistance. Several of these programs support implementation of source-area controls to improve the quality of Wisconsin's water resources.

• Priority Watersheds
• Targeted Runoff Management Program (TRM)
• Urban Nonpoint Source Pollution and Storm Water Grant Program (UNSP & SW)

EPA Catalog

EPA Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection

The EPA Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection [exit DNR] is online as an easy to use, searchable Web site. The Web site provides information for watershed practitioners and others on 84 Federal funding sources that may be available to help fund various watershed-related projects.

Milwaukee Streambank Inventory

Milwaukee Streambank Inventory- First Showcase Event

Milwaukee County Environmental Services Department (LCD) used DNR’s Urban Stormwater Grant funds, a DATCP allocation, and local funding to create a streambank inventory database which has been distributed to all Milwaukee municipalities and local libraries. The purpose of this tool is to enable additional grant funding and projects from partnering agencies and organizations. This database tool contains valuable information about the condition of streams and rivers in Milwaukee County. With one click of the mouse, one can zoom into an area, then a neighborhood, and finally one of thousands of actual pictures of the Milwaukee waterways. Then you can query projects based on cost, environmental impact, and other factors to pick just the right project that the group or entity wants to work on. This project demonstrated the creative use of combined funds to reach out for more project development and partnership ventures to achieve critical conservation goals.