House File 151 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  JOCHUM


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of stormwater treatment
  2    demonstration projects.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1676HH 82
  5 tm/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  STORMWATER TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
  1  2    1.  The department of natural resources shall establish
  1  3 three stormwater treatment demonstration projects using unique
  1  4 and innovative landscape architecture and site design in
  1  5 stormwater treatment including but not limited to porous
  1  6 pavements for sidewalks and parking lots, rain gardens,
  1  7 vegetative infiltration beds, green roofs, and tree canopies,
  1  8 and using the nonpotable source of water for purposes such as
  1  9 cooling systems, irrigation, and toilet flushing.
  1 10    2.  a.  One demonstration project shall be located in a
  1 11 city that experiences frequent flooding due to stormwater
  1 12 runoff.
  1 13    b.  One demonstration project shall be located on
  1 14 state=owned property.
  1 15    c.  One demonstration project shall be conducted in
  1 16 cooperation with the state department of transportation using
  1 17 porous pavement in highway construction and reconstruction.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill relates to the establishment of stormwater
  1 20 treatment demonstration projects.
  1 21    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 22 establish three stormwater treatment demonstration projects
  1 23 using unique and innovative landscape architecture and site
  1 24 design in stormwater treatment.  The bill provides that one
  1 25 demonstration project shall be located in a city that
  1 26 experiences frequent flooding due to stormwater runoff, one
  1 27 demonstration project shall be located on state=owned
  1 28 property, and one demonstration project shall be conducted in
  1 29 cooperation with the state department of transportation using
  1 30 porous pavement in highway construction and reconstruction.
  1 31 LSB 1676HH 82
  1 32 tm:nh/es/88