319 Grant: Solving Stormwater at Sunrise Estates

See how the City and County are collaborating on stormwater improvements!

Get current and past weather information from the Sunrise Estates Climate Station.

US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. (G11-NPS-12).
 

MU Researchers Plant Trees to Mitigate Stormwater Runoff

MU Professors Jason Hubbart and Enos Inniss are collaborating on research to reduce stormwater runoff and pollution in the Hinkson Creek watershed.

See Missourian and Columbia Daily Tribune articles below:

• MU researchers plant willow trees in flood plain management study (Columbia Missourian, 3/22/2012)

• MU tree project might help Hinkson (Columbia Daily Tribune, 3/22/2012) 

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City Property Gets Stormwater Makeover

The Columbia Missourian's Kip Hill introduces the Grissum Building makeover:  a stormwater retrofit project to improve the water quality of stormwater runoff from City properties located on Lakeview Avenue.

• Grissum Building Test Site for Watershed Pollution Reduction (Columbia Missourian, 1/25/2012)

US Enviornmental Protection Agency Region 7, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. (G11-NPS-12)

MDC Conservationist Magazine - Check It Out!

The March 2011 issue of the Conservationist from the Missouri Department of Conservation has a great article summarizing the ecology of a small watershed and the role intermittent streams play in the environment.  Vanishing Veins of the Watershed also provides some items landowners can do to care for our streams.  Check it out!