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1.As part of the water quality initiative established pursuant to section 466B.42, the
division shall administer a water quality urban infrastructure program.
2.The purpose of the program is to support watershed projects and advance
implementation of the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, which program support may include
demonstration projects that decrease erosion, precipitation-induced surface runoff, and
storm water discharges and that increase water infiltration rates. The program’s projects
shall be based on Iowa’s storm water management manual published by the department of
natural resources.
3.Theprogramshallbefinancedonacost-sharebasisorthroughcooperativeagreements
with watershed projects funded through section 455B.199 whose project activities fall outside
the territorial bound
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1. As part of the water quality initiative established pursuant to section 466B.42, the
division shall administer a water quality urban infrastructure program.
2. The purpose of the program is to support watershed projects and advance
implementation of the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, which program support may include
demonstration projects that decrease erosion, precipitation-induced surface runoff, and
storm water discharges and that increase water infiltration rates. The program’s projects
shall be based on Iowa’s storm water management manual published by the department of
natural resources.
3. Theprogramshallbefinancedonacost-sharebasisorthroughcooperativeagreements
with watershed projects funded through section 455B.199 whose project activities fall outside
the territorial boundaries of a city.
4. Any state moneys used to finance a project under a water quality urban infrastructure
program shall be administered according to an agreement entered into by the division and
the owner of the land where the infrastructure is to be installed. The agreement shall include
standard terms and conditions for the receipt of program moneys and any other terms and
conditions the division deems necessary or convenient for the efficient administration of the
project or program. The division may support multiple installations of infrastructure on a
single parcel of land. The division may annually use an amount of not more than four percent
of the moneys used to support the program for administrative purposes.
5. Notwithstandinganyotherprovisioninthissectiontothecontrary,thedivisionmayuse
any amount available to support the water quality urban infrastructure program to instead
do any of the following:
a. Extend and support the three-year data collection of in-field agricultural practices
project as enacted in 2015 Iowa Acts, ch. 132, §18.
b. Support water quality agriculture infrastructure programs created in section 466B.43,
to the extent that moneys are not obligated or encumbered during a fiscal year to adequately
support all urban infrastructure program projects that meet the division’s requirements.
6. Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionofthissectiontothecontrary,thedivisionmayuse
any amount available to support the water quality urban infrastructure program to develop
and maintain an online resource displaying measurable indicators of desirable change in
water quality within the state’s watersheds. These measurable indicators may include but are
not limited to public and private funding inputs, involvement in water quality projects, and
improvements, land use, practice adoption, calculated load reduction, and measured loads at
existing monitoring stations.
7. By October 1 of each year, the division shall submit a report to the governor and the
generalassemblyitemizingexpendituresundertheprogram, ifany, duringthepreviousfiscal
year.
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8. Any information obtained by the division identifying a person holding a legal interest
in land or specific land shall be a confidential record under section 22.7.