Illinois American Water
Announces 2017 Environmental Grant Program
Applications are due March 27,
2017
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[March 18, 2017]
The
application process is now open for Illinois American Water’s 2017
Environmental Grant Program. The program supports innovative,
community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect
watersheds through partnerships.
Diverse activities like watershed cleanups, reforestation
efforts, biodiversity projects, streamside buffer restoration
projects, wellhead protection initiatives and hazardous waste
collection efforts are supported through grants of up to $10,000.
"Illinois American Water is committed to ensuring water quality
through testing and treatment, as well as through consumer education
and community source protection programs. We believe everyone is an
environmental steward in protecting the nation’s water supplies, and
this program is a way to help communities play an active role in
this important effort,” said Bruce Hauk, Illinois American Water
President.
To qualify, proposed projects must be located in an Illinois
American Water service area and:
- address a source water or watershed protection
need in the community
- be completed between May 1, 2017 and November
30, 2017
- be a new or innovative program for the
community, or serve as a significant expansion to an
existing program
- be carried out by a formal or informal
partnership between two or more organizations
- provide evidence of sustainability (continued
existence after the American Water grant monies are
utilized)
In 2016, Illinois American Water issued six
grants totaling $15,000 as follows:
- The Alton Community School District #11’s
Rock Spring Park Watershed Restoration Project
received a $4,000 grant to construct a bio
retention system and rain garden in an outdoor
classroom.
- The City of South Beloit received a $3,000
grant for the Nature at the Confluence Stream
Team Programing which educates and engages
residents through citizen stream monitoring,
container gardening and more.
- Urbana Park District Douglas Creek
Restoration Project received a $4,000 grant to
restore native plants, trees and shrubs in the
wetland and creek channel.
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- Peoria Park District’s Illinois River Sweep received their
full grant request of $1,500 to fund supplies for the annual
Illinois River clean-up effort. Over 100 volunteers attended the
event to remove trash and debris.
- The Pekin Park District received a $2,500 grant for the Lick
Creek Watershed Invasive Species Control and Restoration
project. Volunteers removed invasive species along 15 acres of
the Lick Creek Corridor.
Grant information and application forms can be found online
at www.illinoisamwater.com. Applications should be emailed to
karen.cotton@amwater.com by March 27, 2017.
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About Illinois American Water - Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of
American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the
state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to
approximately 1.2 million people. American Water also operates a customer
service center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in
Belleville. Illinois American Water ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction
with Water Utilities in the Midwest" according to J.D. Power’s 2016 Water
Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM. American Water is the largest
and most geographically diverse publicly traded
U.S. water and wastewater utility company. The company employs 6,700 dedicated
professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater
and other related services to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and
Ontario, Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
[Karen Lisa Cotton] |