INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M)
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build lasting infrastructure strategies for local communities throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. 
February 14, 2017
Volume 4, Issue 3 
 
Utilizing GIS for your MS4 and TMDL Needs
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be your one stop for filing and retrieval of your MS4 and TMDL records. Permit compliance activities can be simplified by tracking multiple project sites and related records through GIS.
Within your GIS application, information pertaining to your MS4 and TMDL programs can be linked to assets and other GIS features. Examples include:
  • Linking approved maintenance plans and/or historic inspection records to ponds and other BMPs.
  • Linking illicit discharge inspection reports to storm sewer end sections.
  • Tracking pollutant trading and/or adaptive management projects throughout a watershed.
For a more advanced solution that can help improve the efficiency of your data gathering, our integrated GIS tools for BMP inspections, illicit discharge inspections and erosion control inspections can be used in real time during an inspection of an asset. Once the inspection is saved, it becomes a standing historical record in your GIS. Annual reporting to the regulatory agencies can be as simple as exporting the data or providing the agencies with a view-only login.

For more information on how GIS can make your document filing and retrieval more streamlined and intuitive, contact Tim Anderson.
Green Sustainability:
    
Funding Opportunities to Reduce Phosphorus and Other Nutrients in Storm Water 
  
Various grant opportunities are available throughout the year for planning and implementation of coordinated, strategic measures to minimize the impacts of nutrients on our water resources and water bodies.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is currently accepting Urban Nonpoint Source and Storm Water Planning Grant applications through April 17, 2017.

Storm water quality planning on a community-wide scale typically addresses items such as development and updates of mapping systems, illicit discharge programs, BMP inspection and maintenance programs, pollution prevention programs, storm water ordinance revisions and revisions, TMDL assessments, and long-term planning to reduce pollutants flowing through the MS4 system to local streams, lakes and wetlands.

                Maximum award: $85,000; 50% cost share. 2018-2019 grant period.

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is a national effort to implement NRCS funding on projects within a defined watershed or geographic area. Collaboration with interested groups, private property owners, agencies, local municipalities, and more are encouraged. Pre-proposals are due April 21, 2017.

                Maximum award: $10,000,000; cost share required. 2018-2021 grant period.  

Please contact Brennen Fischer in Wisconsin or Andy Sikich in Illinois for more information on either of these funding opportunities.
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