1. Save the Date for the First Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Summit2. Iowa’s Water Conditions Improve with June Rains 1. Save the Date for the First Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Summit Please save Tuesday, August 26, 2014 on your calendar for an important session on how to fund water and wastewater projects. The event will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott in Ankeny, Iowa from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The major funding agencies for water and wastewater infrastructure are the sponsors, including: · Iowa Economic Development Authority (Community Development Block Grant);· Iowa Finance Authority and Iowa Department of Natural Resources (State Revolving Fund); and· U.S. Department of Agriculture (Rural Development). The focus of the day’s presentations will be on how funding programs interact through the water and wastewater construction permitting processes, tips for packaging multiple funding sources, and state and federal program requirements. The funding summit is an expansion of the regular CDBG applicant workshop and is targeted to engineering consultants, councils of government and other grant administrators, and potential funding applicants. Agenda and registration information will be available soon. 2. IOWA’S WATER CONDITIONS IMPROVE WITH JUNE RAINS CONTACT: Tim Hall, 515-281-8169, [log in to unmask] The Water Summary Update reports lower than average rainfall for the period between the mornings of May 22 through June 3, but conditions have improved for western Iowa thanks to the heavy rains that fell after the Drought Monitor deadline. Only 28 percent of Iowa is considered to be in moderate drought. In response to the exceptionally heavy rains in southwest Iowa this week, U.S. Geological Survey field crews are out making flood measurements at eight sites in that region. The West Nishnabotna River near Riverton and Keg Creek in Freemont County are both near record high levels. Although the rains of June 1 and June 3 helped stream flows in northwest and north central Iowa, continued rainfall is needed to provide long term improvement for ground water. For a more thorough review of Iowa’s water resource trends, go to www.iowadnr.gov/watersummaryupdate. The report is prepared by the technical staff from the Iowa DNR, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering and the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department. ---To subscribe, send a blank E-mail to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send a blank E-mail to [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/