Energy and Water Development
Burlington, Iowa - Blackhawk Bottoms
Amount: $754,000
Location: Des Moines County near Skunk and Mississippi Rivers
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: This project would create a moist soil unit on land near the confluence of the Skunk and Mississippi Rivers using dredged material from the Kemps-Craigel dredge cut, which is part of the Rock Island District Regional Dredge Material Management Program. Low lever berms would be created with the dredge material. In addition, funding will support the construction of a water control structure for Spring Creek, which flows through the proposed project area, to pond water to a depth of approximately 18 inches at certain times of the year, creating important habitat.
Cedar Falls Utilities Biomass Generation Project
Amount: $1,138,000
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Recipient: Cedar Falls Utilities
Description: Funds will be used for generation of electricity from renewable agricultural byproducts and agricultural waste products. The project includes the development of a reliable fuel supply chain, test burns to determine the most suitable densification configuration, and modeling cost models.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Indian Creek
Amount: $135,000
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The study will determine if there is a US Corps of Engineers interest in implementing either structural or non structural flood damage reduction measures in the Indian Creek watershed.
Cedar River
Amount: $700,000
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The purpose of the project is to reduce peak load, net energy consumption and U.S. energy related emissions including greenhouse gases, through installation of smart devices, use of an incentive structure, and through information dissemination, knowledge sharing and community goal setting.
Cedar River
Amount: $6,000,000
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The purpose of the project is to construct flood risk management alternatives, pending completion of a feasibility study and receipt of congressional approval for construction, for the City of Cedar Rapids to mitigate damages from flood events on the Cedar River.
Cedar River, City of Waverly IA
Amount: $100,000
Location: Cedar River, Waverly, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Funding will go toward protecting the Southeast Waverly’s public infrastructure from future flood damages.
Cedar Valley TechWorks, Inc. - Industrial Waste Heat Recovery and Renewable Energy Plan
Amount: $2,250,000
Location: Waterloo, IA
Recipient: Cedar Valley TechWorks
Description: The purpose of this project is to provide heat and power to the growing TechWorks bioeconomy business campus using multiple sources of renewable energy – industrial waste heat recovery; rooftop wind and solar; electrolysis, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, and a biogasification system.
Center for Advanced Bio-based Binders (CABB)
Amount: $500,000
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Recipient: University of Northern Iowa
Description: To continue reasearch and development at CABB. The University of Northern Iowa has developed two new polymers that use environmentally friendly and inexpensive Iowa corn syrup as a raw material to produce binders for sand cores and molds. Polymers produced from corn syrup add as much as four times the value ethanol production does. The new adhesive polymers reduce the emission of hazardous air products and greenhouse gasses by as much as 50 percent when the materials are used.
Chariton River Basin
Amount: $100,000
Location: Chariton River watershed in Missouri and Iowa
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funding is for flood damage reduction, streambank stabilization, environmental habitat restoration and conservation, water supply, and recreation.
Chariton River Section 206
Amount: $300,000
Location: Chariton River above Rathbun Lake
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funding is for restoration of habitat in Chariton watershed above Rathbun Lake, with significant benefits to water quality and prevention of stream and farmland erosion.
Clear Creek and Iowa River Johnson County, IA
Amount: $50,000
Location: Iowa City and Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Funding will be used to restore and enhance wetland, riparian, and stream habitat along and adjacent to the Iowa River and Clear Creek. It will also restore a section of Clear Creek, which has been channelized.
Converting Agricultural Waste to Energy with Plasma Melting Technology Research and Development
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Recipient: wastenotIOWA
Description: Funding will be used to support a plasma melting technology research and development project that will serve two purposes: to test disposal of various streams of agricultural waste without producing a negative environmental impact and to identify high energy agricultural waste streams that can best be converted into high quality, alternative energy for local use. Waste streams would include green agriculture waste, solid waste, agriculture R&D waste, agricultural/industrial chemicals, animal byproducts and agricultural disaster debris.
Coralville Lake and Dam Operations and Maintenance
Amount: $6,069,000
Location: Coralville Lake, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Coralville Lake is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and low-flow augmentation and secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management, forest management, and water quality improvement. The Dam is located on the Iowa River just upstream of Iowa City, IA.
Des Moines Recreational River & Greenbelt, Iowa
Amount: $13,500,000
Location: Des Moines, Fort Dodge, and Marion County, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: This project will continue to help prevent flooding in downtown Des Moines. Additionally, this project helps revitalize riverfront area along the Des Moines River, which provides increased opportunities for economic development.
Driftless Area Initiative Biomass/Renewable Energy for Rural Sustainability Project
Amount: $250,000
Location: Driftless Area region of NE Iowa, SW Wisconsin, SE Minnesota and NW Illinois
Recipient: Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa, Inc.
Description: This project will utilize the available resources and biomass energy potential in Northeast Iowa and the surrounding Driftless Area region to increase energy independence and price stability for rural America.
Dubuque Smarter Energy Project
Amount: $1,500,000
Location: Dubuque, IA
Recipient: City of Dubuque, Iowa
Description: The purpose of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations request is to reduce peak load, net energy consumption and U.S. energy related emissions including greenhouse gases, through installation of smart devices, use of an incentive structure, and through information dissemination, knowledge sharing and community goal setting.
Energy Efficiency for Iowa K-12 Schools
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: School districts throughout Iowa
Recipient: Krell Institute
Description: Funding will be used to distribute and implement a multi-year energy efficiency program called Schools for Energy Efficiency® (SEE) in up to 500 Iowa schools during FY2011 to significantly reduce their energy use and energy costs.
Fast Pyrolysis Fractionation of Corn Stover for Petroleum Replacement
Amount: $1,800,000
Location: Des Moines, IA
Recipient: Iowa Biotechnology Association
Description: Funding will be used to determine the feasibility of using corn stover biomass to create renewable and sustainable sources of energy and materials currently obtained from petroleum, while advancing the commercialization of pyrolysis fractionation technology developed at Iowa State University.
Former Workers Medical Surveillance Programs (UI-FWP)
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Iowa City, IA
Recipient: The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Description: Funding is to support salaries, travel and supplies as part of an ongoing Department of Energy Former Worker Medical Screening Program. The program tasks include cohort identification, education, risk stratification, targeted screenings and claims assistance.
Grand River Basin
Amount: $100,000
Location: Grand River watershed in Missouri and Iowa
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funds are for flood damage reduction, streambank stabilization, environmental habitat restoration and conservation, water supply and recreation. They are also for a reconnaissance study to investigate the federal interest in new projects or modification of existing projects in the Grand River watershed for multiple beneficial purposes.
Humboldt, Iowa
Amount: $175,000
Location: Humboldt, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The primary purpose of this project is to restore degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats along the West Fork of the Des Moines River and tributaries at Humboldt, Iowa. Providing for fish passage and assessing associated recreational issues is also part of the project.
Iowa Center of Excellence in Wind Turbine Reliability and Manufacturing
Amount: $1,500,000
Location: Iowa City, IA
Recipient: The University of Iowa
Description: Funding will be used to combine the research talents at the University of Iowa with industry expertise in turbine and turbine component manufacturing to address improvements in turbine reliability and manufacturability.
Iowa Central Community College Renewable Fuels Laboratory
Amount: $500,000
Location: Fort Dodge, IA
Recipient: Iowa Central Community College
Description: The funding request is to continue to expand and operate the fuel testing laboratory located on the Fort Dodge campus, with the intent to continue their work with state and federal regulatory agencies, biofuel companies, engine manufacturers, state and national industry associations and the media to make sure the training, public awareness and testing needs of their members and consumers are met.
Iowa River, City of Iowa City, IA
Amount: $100,000
Location: Iowa City, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Funding will be used to protect roads, utilities, bridges, sewage treatment facilities, potable water wells, and other public infrastructure from future flood damages.
Lake Habitat Restoration (South Fork) Section 1135
Amount: $200,000
Location: Rathbun lake
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funding will be used for restoration of habitat at Rathbun Lake including shoreline protection and sustainment of fisheries habitat, with significant benefits to water quality.
Lewis & Clark Regional Water System
Amount: $35,000,000
Location: Northwest Iowa, Southwest Minnesota, and southeast South Dakota
Recipient: Lewis & Clark Regional Water System
Description: Funding is for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System to build and operate a tri-state water system that will provide high quality water to the region, which will improve the quality of life and expand economic development opportunities.
Lower Nishnabotna River Basin, Iowa Section 22 Study
Amount: $100,000
Location: Nishnabotna River Basin from Red Oak, IA and Randolph, IA to Nishnabotna River mouth
Recipient: Omaha District
Description: Funding will be used to analyze flood risk management alternatives and develop a scope of work to implement a Lower Nishnabotna River Basin Management Plan to manage flood risk.
Meskwaki Tribal Wind Energy Program
Amount: $700,000
Location: Tama, IA
Recipient: Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Description: Funds are to install and demonstrate a newly designed vertical axis turbine with a patented wind concentrator.
Mississippi River Between Missouri River and Minneapolis (Rock Island District Portion), IL
Amount: $89,935,000
Location: Rock Island District
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The project consists of a 314-river-mile reach of 9-foot commercial navigation channel from Guttenberg, Iowa, downstream to Saverton, Missouri. It includes 14 locks and 11 dams (L/Ds) at 12 sites from Lock 11 to Lock 22. The navigable portions of this river and the locks and dams that allow waterway traffic to move from one pool to another are integral parts of a regional, national, and international transportation network. Recreation facilities include 25 public recreation areas and the Visitor Center located at Lock & Dam 15.
Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers Enhancement Program, Section 514 of WRDA 1999
Amount: $4,000,000
Location: Various locations along the Missouri River
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funds will be used to provide aquatic and riparian habitat restoration within the historic floodplain of the Missouri River.
Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, Section 108 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009
Amount: $5,500,000
Location: The Missouri River Basin in NE, IA, KS, MO, MT, ND, SD, WY, and CO
Recipient: Omaha District
Description: The purpose of this project is to review the original project purposes based on the Flood Control Act of 1944 to determine if changes to the authorized project purposes and existing Federal water resource infrastructure may be warranted.
Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Program (BSNP), Rulo to Mouth IA, NE, KS, & MO
Amount: $12,000,000
Location: Missouri River, Rulo to Mouth IA, NE, KS, & MO
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funding is to repair damaged and deficient dike and revetment structures on the Missouri River.
Missouri River Fish & Wildlife Recovery Program
Amount: $119,450,000
Location: The project includes areas along the mainstem of the Missouri River and its tributaries
Recipient: Omaha District
Description: The Missouri River Recovery Program has two primary goals: endangered species recovery and mitigation of lost ecosystems and habitat impacted by the Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project (BSNP). The project will recover Missouri River species protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), will restore the habitat within the BSNP, and mitigate losses to fish and wildlife habitat resulting from the construction and operation of the BSNP.
North Raccoon River, Perry IA
Amount: $241,000
Location: Perry, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Two sewage lagoons, located along the North Raccoon River in Perry, Iowa are being threatened by erosion during high flow periods. This project would address the need for streambank protection at this location.
Red Rock Lake and Dam Operations and Maintenance
Amount: $16,088,000
Location: Red Rock Lake, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The project provides flood control protection for numerous communities on the Des Moines River and the mainstem Mississippi River.
Saylorville Lake and Dam Operations and Maintenance
Amount: $6,448,000
Location: Saylorville Lake, IA
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The project provides flood control protection for numerous communities on the Des Moines River and the mainstem Mississippi River.
Sustainable Energy Institute
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Sioux City, IA
Recipient: Western Iowa Tech Community College
Description: Funds are to build the capacity of the College’s wind energy program to expand training to 33 to 40 students annually for the wind energy industries, develop strategic public-private partnerships, and design and develop training curricula to take into account the need to accommodate a variety of adult learner styles and to make the curricula available in multiple modalities including distance learning and blended classroom/lab/distance learning formats. The institute will target training to dislocated workers and other disadvantaged worker populations, and to identify wind energy employers and place students in work-based learning and job opportunities with those firms.
UNI School Sustainability and Energy Education Development Project
Amount: $745,210
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Recipient: University of Northern Iowa
Description: The UNI School SEED Project will assist Iowa’s K-12 schools in becoming more sustainable in many areas, including their teachers’ knowledge and inclusion of sustainability issues in their curricula, more efficient energy and water use, generation of their energy with renewable sources, the reduction of their waste streams, introducing more local foods into their cafeterias, and modifying their school grounds to reduce pesticide use and water runoff with native plantings.
Upper Mississippi River – Illinois Waterway System, IL, IA, MN, MO, & WI, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)
Amount: $20,000,000
Location: Rock Island District
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Funding will be used to complete design of two locks and continue with small scale navigation improvements and continue ecosystem restoration projects.
Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan, IA, IL, MO, MN, WI
Amount: $1,500,000
Location: IA, IL, MO, MN, WI
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: The primary purpose of this study is the development of an integrated strategy and implementation plan for flood damage reduction. It is also intended to address management of nutrients and sediments, environmental stewardship, and recreational opportunities.
Upper Mississippi River Restoration (formerly known as EMP)
Amount: $33,170,000
Location: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin
Recipient: Multiple States, County Agencies, Local governments
Description: The purpose of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration project is to address adverse impacts to the aquatic ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River.
Whitebreast Creek Watershed, IA section 206
Amount: $3,915,000
Location: Clark, Lucas, Warren and Marion counties
Recipient: Rock Island District
Description: Funding will be used to restore wetlands through control of sedimentation and erosion in Whitebreast Creek and through selected planting and hydrology enhancements. The project was planned for the benefit of native species of mammals, amphibians, fish, birds, and migratory birds consistent with agency management goals.
Wind Energy Advances: Design, Research, and Testing Facility
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Ames, IA
Recipient: Iowa State University
Description: Funds will be used to build a facility that will serve as a central resource for organizations manufacturing, constructing, owning, operating, and maintaining wind energy technologies in Iowa and the surrounding Midwestern regions.
Wood Duck Marsh Section 1135
Amount: $100,000
Location: Rathbun Lake at the mouth of Buck Creek, Appanoose County, Iowa
Recipient: Kansas City District
Description: Funding will be used for protection of habitat in the Buck Creek tributary stream at Ratbhun Lake.