{"id":19252,"date":"2022-05-19t14:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-19t19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=19252"},"modified":"2024-06-13t08:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13t13:05:03","slug":"exploring-dam-removal-funding-options-podcast","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/podcasts\/exploring-dam-removal-funding-options-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"exploring dam removal funding options"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>exploring dam removal project funding<\/h2>\n<p>when a <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/services\/water-resources\/?parent-service=2555\">dam <\/a>begins to cause negative <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/services\/environmental\/?parent-service=2555\">environmental impacts<\/a> or creates safety risks for users of a waterway, <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/dam-removal-benefits\/\">removal could be the answer<\/a>. however, this solution often comes with a hefty price tag.\u00a0with almost no state or federal funding programs dedicated specifically to dam removal, financing these projects can become a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>in this podcast, environmental experts <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/snyder-contacts\/jeff-walters\/\">jeff walters, pws<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/snyder-contacts\/nichoel-church\/\">nichoel church, pws<\/a>, explain that with a bit of creative thinking, a combination of several funding sources can be used to successfully fund dam removal projects.<\/p>\n<h3>podcast agenda<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>acquiring appropriate funding (0:18)<\/li>\n<li>funding for dam removals private land owners (3:35)<\/li>\n<li>funding assistance requirements for varying organizations (5:05)<\/li>\n<li>availability of funding sources (6:35)<\/li>\n<li>timing for funding assistance (7:50)<\/li>\n<li>cost of dam removal vs dam modification (9:16)<\/li>\n<li>mitigation banking as a funding option (10:49)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"awsm-team-15612\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid cards-style style-2 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-15612-15610\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-flip-front\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"nichoel church contact box white circle headshot\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-500x500.jpg 500w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nichoel-church-contactbox-image-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>nichoel church, pws<\/h3><span>environmental scientist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-flip-back\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-flip-back-inner\"><div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>nichoel church, pws<\/h3><span>environmental scientist<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>mitigation banking development, wetland delineation, section 404 permitting, endangered species act (section 7 consultation)<\/p><div class=\"awsm-social-icons\"><span><a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/snyder-contacts\/nichoel-church\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-mail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .awsm-flip-back-inner -->\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-15612-7522\" class=\"awsm-grid-card\">\n\t\t\t\t   <figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-flip-front\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"jeff walters contact box white circle headshot\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-500x500.jpg 500w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jeff-walters-contactbox-image-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>jeff walters, pws<\/h3><span>environmental sciences work group leader<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t <figcaption class=\"awsm-flip-back\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-flip-back-inner\"><div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><h3>jeff walters, pws<\/h3><span>environmental sciences work group leader<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>wetland &amp; stream delineation &amp; mitigation, 404 permitting, natural resources surveys, lake &amp; stream restoration<\/p><div class=\"awsm-social-icons\"><span><a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/snyder-contacts\/jeff-walters\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"awsm-icon-mail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .awsm-contact-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .awsm-flip-back-inner -->\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- <\/span> -->\n\t\t\t\t   <\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .grid -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<!--[if lt ie 9]><script>document.createelement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7522-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/final-funding-audio-ms_01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/final-funding-audio-ms_01.mp3\">\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/final-funding-audio-ms_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>acquiring appropriate funding<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (0:18)<\/strong><br \/>\nlet\u2019s talk about funding. there are a lot of funding opportunities. ultimately, if you are a city, you have bonding capacities, and you have buy-in with the community, but there are lots of <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/services\/funding-assistance\/\">different funding assistance<\/a>\u00a0that both the <a 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-scheduling\/\">private<\/a> can access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (0:38)<\/strong><br \/>\nnot only is it important to know who has control of your dam so you can <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/podcasts\/water-infrastructure-funding-sources-podcast\/\">acquire or apply for the appropriate funding<\/a>. it also helps with the process of removal, it helps with permitting, it helps the consultant helping you, or if you\u2019re private, it helps you decide who you need to talk to, and which agencies need to be involved. when you\u2019re accessing funding, are you <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/water-resources-project-funding-options-communities-世界杯足球比赛预选赛
-agencies\/\">applying for several funding opportunities<\/a>, and maybe you\u2019re not allowed to use one with another one\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (1:06)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2026or maybe there\u2019s a layering effect where you went after some state funding, and then you decided to go after some fish and wildlife service, or corp of engineers funding, and the state process is relatively straightforward, and they have their purview, and they know how they want to use those funds to remove the dam. but that federal agency may add one or more layers of red tape. you may have to go through the nepa process. you might have to tack on a year or two or three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (1:36)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2026and additional funding for the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (1:39)<\/strong><br \/>\nyeah, much like our <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/levee-improvements-fema-recertification-flood-protection\/\">fema project<\/a> in ames where, you know, great money. it was readily available, but it took more time. if you are a community that is willing and has the time to use those funds, to access those funds, and are willing to go through that process, the money is there for you. whether it\u2019s epa, fish and wildlife service, or fema. the <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/federal-funding-targets-infrastructure-spending\/\">funding buckets vary from year to year<\/a>, but they can be $25,000 to maybe $100,000 a year. if you happen to be a <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/funding-application-procurement-assistance-water-quality-shadle-park\/\">community that utilizes srf, you can tap into the clean water srf funding<\/a>. granted, you can\u2019t necessarily use clean water srf funds with certain other funding mechanisms like a <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/mitigation-banking-offset-unavoidable-impacts-to-aquatic-resources\/\">mitigation bank<\/a> but you\u2019re entitled to up to 10% of the amount of the loan that you have with srf. for some communities, especially if they have very large <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/services\/wastewater\/\">wastewater treatment<\/a>\u00a0programs, that can be a very large amount of money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (2:34)<\/strong><br \/>\na lot of times, the funding assistance might come with additional monitoring. it might require additional documentation on the backend. so you\u2019ve received the funding, you\u2019ve removed your dam, and now you have to monitor your river for 10 years, or now you have to, if it\u2019s corps of engineers section 206, it might take 10 years just to remove the dam because they have to go through their process internally. if you want your dam removed quickly, you have to consider funding assistance that will allow you to do that. if you don\u2019t mind, if it takes 10 years, then you\u2019re open to pretty much everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (3:06)<\/strong><br \/>\nthe iowa department of natural resources and the corps of engineers have a database that we access that provides us with ownership, and there are gaps in there from who owns it or who thinks they own their dam, which can be an issue. there are probably hundreds of dams that are very, very small in size that are likely privately owned that don\u2019t show up on this database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (3:29)<\/strong><br \/>\nthe information just isn\u2019t there because it\u2019s on private property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (3:31)<\/strong><br \/>\nright. someone just built a dam and has a small farm pond.<\/p>\n<h2>funding dam removals for private land owners<\/h2>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (3:35)<\/strong><br \/>\nprivate landowners can still access epa funding. they can still access fish and wildlife service funding. there are several assistance options available if the dam is privately owned. if it is a farm pond, the iowa department of agricultural land stewardship offers funding assistance. the nrcs offers funding assistance. with idals, you could contact your soil water conservation district and see if they would offer funding assistance for water quality benefits. there are so many opportunities for funding if it\u2019s a privately owned dam, whether it\u2019s on an intermittent channel or a <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/pond-restoration-project-utilizes-drone-mapping-technology\/\">pond<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (4:08)<\/strong><br \/>\nfunding assistance usually comes with a laundry list of water quality monitoring or visual assessments and vegetation assessments, which is all great because likely your goal is some sort of water quality improvement or stabilization. so it\u2019s good to follow up once you\u2019ve completed that project. you want to be aware of any of those catches that might come on the backend of the funding assistance before you dedicate time and resources to go after that funding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (4:37)<\/strong><br \/>\nif the funding is acquired, it doesn\u2019t matter if the epa completes their survey or fish and wildlife completes their survey or if the landowner completes the survey. it should be listed with the funding assistance, who is going to be completing the documentation, and how often, if it\u2019s annual, or bi-annual. if the private landowner can complete it. if epa wants to complete their own or hire a consultant. that would all be laid out so you would know what is expected with acquiring that funding.<\/p>\n<h2>funding assistance requirements for varying organizations<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (5:05)<\/strong><br \/>\nso, while the corps of engineers, srf, and fish and wildlife service, understand that safety is important, that\u2019s not their purview. they\u2019re interested in saving lives, but their goal is the <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/services\/environmental\/\">improvement to the environment<\/a>. we want to help craft that information so that when we can<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22473\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22473\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22473\" src=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"large machine breaking up pieces of concrete in dam removal process\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.dicovercards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/littledamremoval2-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dam removal in efforts to increase water quality and to improve the community<\/p><\/div>\n<p>submit applications on the city\u2019s or municipality\u2019s behalf or private landowner for that matter, the answers and the information we provide to a specific regulatory agency is geared to what they are looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (5:39)<\/strong><br \/>\nthat\u2019s true. it really helps to understand the agency\u2019s perspective. why are they offering this <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/podcasts\/water-infrastructure-funding-sources-podcast-episode-2\/\">funding assistance<\/a>? what do they get from it? the state and the federal government just doesn\u2019t have funding to give out for saving lives. if that was the number one reason that funding was available for everyone would apply for it. because we know that that\u2019s a <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/podcasts\/addressing-regulatory-coordination-and-permitting-requirements-for-dam-projects\/\">benefit of removing a dam<\/a>. but the epa, they want to collect the data. they want to have an understanding of the benefit of removing the dam from an environmental water quality perspective. corps of engineers would require stabilization monitoring. fish and wildlife service has habitat surveys and fishing surveys completed by the dnr. they might require a consultant to do that survey. it really just depends on the funding assistance, and we would help you describe to whoever we\u2019re asking money from, why we are requesting it, and how this would benefit them. that\u2019s very important.<\/p>\n<h2>availability of funding sources<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (6:35)<\/strong><br \/>\nthe money is very competitive, and it\u2019s competitive not only because a lot of people are applying for it, but those funding pots vary from year to year. at the state level with the iowa department of natural resources, they\u2019re allocated different amounts of money each year for low head modification and removals. they also have a couple of other programs, but there is an application process, an approval process, and a selection process. it can be very, very competitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (7:03)<\/strong><br \/>\nnot only is it competitive, but funding is always limited. annually, when the fiscal year budgets come out, we are on top of those grant or funding assistance opportunities for our projects. but we have to know that the projects are there. we don\u2019t keep tabs on funding assistance if we don\u2019t have a project. we\u2019re very interested in talking to the agencies. we have several employees go out to washington d.c. every year and lobby for additional funding. it\u2019s very important for us and our clients to get the maximum amount of benefit and assistance that they can. we are willing to go above and beyond for our clients. it\u2019s just that we have to know that that project is there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (7:39)<\/strong><br \/>\nit\u2019s great to get in early so that we can understand why you want to remove or <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/dam-modification-provides-an-alternative-to-complete-removal\/\">modify a dam<\/a>. those whys really play a role in funding assistance.<\/p>\n<h2>timing for funding assistance<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (7:50)<\/strong><br \/>\nin terms of timing for applications, they vary throughout the year. there\u2019s a january one, a march one, september one deadlines for a lot of this funding. if you are an srf user, you\u2019ve probably gone through that process. you probably have stars on your calendar, knowing exactly when those applications are due.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (8:10)<\/strong><br \/>\nthere\u2019s also a process that we have to consider for design. if we\u2019re aware of a project today, we wouldn\u2019t necessarily go after funding tomorrow because we wouldn\u2019t know what our design process would be. that takes time. if we were aware of a project today and we figured out what the client wanted and what they were interested for removal, then we would be aware of our options and our ranges because we wouldn\u2019t want to fill out an application for funding that we couldn\u2019t use. so we would definitely want to work through the design process a little bit and then apply for the funding and fiscal years are annual, which is great. so even if we miss the deadline on one, there\u2019s always another opportunity for something else or to reapply a year from that date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (8:52)<\/strong><br \/>\nright and we did that with clean water srf projects where we were looking for certain benefits and srf said let\u2019s apply again and we can reorganize the money for you for dam removal projects, but let\u2019s make sure we have a good emphasis on water quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (9:11)<\/strong><br \/>\nexactly. because that is a requirement of the state revolving fund use of that money.<\/p>\n<h2>cost of dam removal vs dam modification<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (9:16)<\/strong><br \/>\nfunding\u2019s very important because, without the dollars, you\u2019re not removing that dam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (9:21)<\/strong><br \/>\nfull removal is always the most expensive option because you are completely removing all of that concrete. you are completely removing and stabilizing the channel bed, the stream bed, you have to consider the channel profile. if you\u2019re not at bedrock, you don\u2019t want a significant scour pool downstream. you also don\u2019t want head cutting upstream. there are several factors that you have to consider with a full removal. there are also several factors you have to consider with a modification. for larger dams, it will always be more expensive to completely remove a dam, but sometimes modifications are just not an option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (9:59)<\/strong><br \/>\nright. we go through a benefit-cost analysis when we look at the dam itself and the up and downstream benefits and repercussions of that removal. so, briefly, we touched on <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/ioway-creek-bank-stabilization-low-head-dam-mitigation\/\">squaw (ioway) creek<\/a> here a couple of times. that was fema hazard mitigation grant program, and that program paid for 85% of the dam removal and the in-stream structure, bank stabilization, design, and environmental documentation for that project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (10:27)<\/strong><br \/>\nright, and that\u2019s just it. with the funding assistance that fema and the dnr provide for failure structures, it\u2019s important to also know the condition of your dam. if it\u2019s a low head dam that you just want to remove, that\u2019s one thing. if it\u2019s imminent to fall into the river, that\u2019s a different story. the condition of the dam would also be important to know as we would proceed with funding applications and assistance.<\/p>\n<h2>mitigation banking as a funding option<\/h2>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (10:49)<\/strong><br \/>\none funding mechanism that we didn\u2019t list out but is gaining a lot of popularity in the midwest is <a href=\"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/black-hawk-mitigation-bank\/\">mitigation banking specifically for streams<\/a>. we were very fortunate to be the first in the state to have a stream mitigation bank that was based on dam removal in fort dodge. it was a very unique process, not only because it was the first in the state, but we were removing two dams with one project, and we had a full removal of the little dam. then we had initially a full removal of the hydro dam, but circumstances with some regulatory agencies, specifically shpo (state historic preservation office), required us to keep some of the dam for historical purposes. the benefit of removing a dam above and beyond water quality, safety, and recreational benefits was the city of fort dodge is going to reap the benefits of being a mitigation bank so they can sell stream credits, which help to pay off the bond for this project and that money will go to future recreational endeavors within the des moines river.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nichoel church (11:55)<\/strong><br \/>\nas part of that process of funding assistance review for that particular project, we started off not with mitigation banking. before we even got involved, the city went to the corps of engineers and asked for their help with section 206. so the corps of engineers would essentially remove the dam on behalf of the city of fort dodge. it wasn\u2019t free. it was going to cost 50\/50 and the corps of engineers would\u2019ve had to go through their own internal sections, their own branches internally for review, which would have tacked on quite a bit of money. the city of fort dodge decided to look at srf funding from the dnr, which would have worked out. it would have paid for most of the dam removal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>jeff walters (12:37)<\/strong><br \/>\nyeah, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cwsrf\">clean water srf<\/a> funding would have paid for a substantial amount of the project, but we came up with the idea of removing the dams as part of a mitigation banking process. we worked with the corps of engineers, the epa, and the dnr. they agreed this would be a great candidate project, but one of the conditions was with a mitigation bank, you can\u2019t use federal funds for mitigation bank. so, the city had to decide, and they went with the mitigation banking option. that process added about a year. but it also gives the city great financial flexibility in how they can use future dollars. mitigation banking is a great 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