The Nonpoint Source Task Force will meet December 12th, 2024 in the Matthew Training Center of the Joe Foss Building to consider Section 319 funding applications. The meeting will also be livestreamed. The Board of Water and Natural Resources will meet at a later date to consider the Nonpoint Source Task Force's Section 319 funding recommendations. The Board's recommendations will then be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval before grant funds are awarded. Links below lead to project summaries and funding recommendations. Links in the project summaries lead to the project's funding application in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
319 Grant Request: $2,297,000
The goal of this project is to continue to implement best management practices (BMPs) in the Belle Fouche, Horse Creek, and other watersheds to reduce total suspended solids and E. coli levels to meet their assigned beneficial uses. Public outreach to stakeholders and monitoring water quality to track effectiveness of BMPs will also continue throughout the project.
319 Grant Request: $1,095,500
The goal of this project is to protect and improve the water quality of northeast South Dakota glacial lakes, streams, and rivers by implementing conservation practices that reduce the amount of fecal coliform bacteria, nutrients, and sediment loads entering project water bodies, maintaining their assigned beneficial uses, and to build on previous efforts and protect water quality improvements realized from previous implementation projects and segments. This project combines two multi-year locally led watershed projects; Northeast Glacial Lakes Watershed Improvement and Protection Project (Segment 5) and Upper Big Sioux Watershed Project (Segment 7) into one project now called the “Prairie Coteau Watershed Improvement and Protection Project."
319 Grant Request: $1,031,750
The goal of this project is to restore and protect the beneficial uses of the portion of the Big Sioux River and its tributaries (in South Dakota) between the Brookings/Hamlin County line and its mouth at Sioux City, Iowa by implementing and promoting best management practices (BMPs) that reduce sediment loading and prevent bacterial contamination. Attaining the goal will reduce the total suspended solids (TSS) and/or bacteria (fecal or E. coli) levels and meet the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) developed for the various waterbodies in the Big Sioux River Watershed.
319 Grant Request: $200,000
The goal of this three-year project is to protect and improve water quality through planning and implementation of erosion control, stream restoration, and soil and riparian health best management practices (BMPs) in the Rapid Creek watershed located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The project will also implement best management practices to address protection of non 303(d) listed waters in the Rapid Creek watershed. Outreach will include planning and holding workshops and field demonstration tours to educate and inform the public and producers of ways to manage land to reduce runoff and erosion to ultimately improve and protect water quality.