Illinois American Water’s Annual Environmental Grant Program Open for Applications; Deadline is March 29, 2021
January 25 2021 - 2:48PM
Business Wire
Illinois American Water is accepting applications for the
company’s 2021 Environmental Grant Program. The program provides
funding of up to $10,000 to innovative, community-based
projects.
For over a decade, Illinois American Water has awarded
environmental grants to diverse initiatives across Illinois.
According to Illinois American Water President Justin Ladner, “more
than $247,000 has been contributed to 74 projects since the program
began in 2009.” He said, “At Illinois American Water we know how
precious our water resources are, and we want to do our part to
protect the environment. Our efforts include green practices like
recycling, using solar to generate power, partnering with farmers
to apply residuals and biosolids, wise water use education, and
more. We are excited to also partner with local environmental
heroes to improve, protect, and restore watersheds.”
Past projects supported by Illinois American Water’s
environmental grant program have included watershed cleanups,
reforestation efforts, biodiversity projects, streamside buffer
restoration projects, wellhead protection initiatives, hazardous
waste collection efforts, water protection education efforts, and
more.
To apply for an Environmental Grant, an organization’s project
must take place in an Illinois American Water service area. The
project must also:
- Address a source water or watershed protection need in the
community.
- Be completed between May 1, 2021 and November 30, 2021.
- Introduce a new community initiative 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
grant monies are utilized).
Grant information and application forms can be found at
www.illinoisamwater.com under the News & Community tab.
Applications should be emailed to katie.fidler@amwater.com by
March 29, 2021.
Last year, Illinois American Water awarded eight grants totaling
over $25,000 as follows:
- Bolingbrook Park District received a $3,500 grant for the Phase
IV DuPage River and Hidden Lakes Bank Stabilization and Habitat
Enforcement Project to purchase native plugs and coconut logs to
absorb water flow and sediment.
- Champaign County Environmental Stewards (CCES) received a
$1,067 grant to expand the limited battery collection process in
Champaign County.
- Conservation Foundation in Naperville received a $5,000 grant
to work with the DuPage and Will County Forest Preserves to
strategically place signs, pet waste bags and trash cans. This
effort prevents waste from entering local water ways.
- Friends of Fox River (FOFR) received a $2,500 grant to support
expanding water quality education and story mapping projects by
creating stream guides.
- Nature at the Confluence in South Beloit received a $3,700
grant for environmental improvement efforts in the Rock River
watershed by cleaning the river and creek banks. Signage for the
Kelly Creek watershed was installed and a new public use trail was
constructed.
- Peoria Park District received an $860 grant to support the
Illinois River Sweep. Funds were used to supply gloves, trash bags,
dumpsters, and tire recycling.
- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Peoria received a $5,000 grant
to support efforts to decrease storm water runoff. By building a
rain garden and butterfly sanctuary the group will help decrease
storm water runoff.
- Urbana Park District received a $4,000 grant to support the
Meadowbrook Park Habitat Enhancement and Floodplain Prairie
Expansion Project.
Ladner said, “Everyone has the ability to positively impact
their local watershed and source water. Some of our greatest water
savers are our young customers who turn off the water when brushing
their teeth and remind their parents to do the same. Everyone can
be an environmental hero.”
He added that staying informed about what goes into providing
safe reliable water service is also impactful. Illinois American
Water customers can access their water quality report by zip code
at www.illinoisamwater.com under the Water Quality tab. Wise water
use tips can also be found on the company’s website.
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 1.3
million people. American Water also operates a customer service
center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in
Belleville.
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the
largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water
and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,800
dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based
drinking water, wastewater and other related services to 15 million
people in 46 states. American Water provides safe, clean,
affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make
sure we keep their lives flowing. For more information, visit
amwater.com and follow American Water on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
Illinois American Water ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction
with Large Water Utilities in the Midwest according to the J.D.
Power 2020 Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study
For J.D. Power 2020 award information, visit
jdpower.com/awards
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