The UWRBC has secured 2 Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) Program grants that are scheduled to begin in 2020. 

The first grant will fund 80% of the costs to conduct the Phase 2 feasibility study that will assess stream stability in the Wabash River from the City of Bluffton, Wells Co., to the J. Edward Roush Lake in eastern Huntington County, IN (approximately 18 river miles).

The second grant will provide 80% funding for a design project to address the failed streambank on the Wabash River along County Road 1100 S in Adams Co., IN.   This was one of 6 locations that were identified as impaired reaches in the LARE Functional Assessment completed in Feb. 2019 by Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC. 

The study can be viewed at:  https://cbbel-in.sharefile.com/d-s47fc5479fe242528

 

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The Upper Wabash River Basin Commission (UWRBC) was enacted by the State Legislature in 2001 by House Bill 2119, under IC 14-30-4.  It was established as a separate municipal corporation, which includes the area located in Adams, Huntington, Jay, and Wells counties that is drained by the Wabash River, including the tributaries of the Wabash River.

Mission Statement

To provide regional leadership and promotion of flood prevention and control, soil and water conservation, and related resource management through a coordinated and comprehensive planning and implementing approach in which projects of the Commission will not adversely affect other landowners within the watershed.

The voting members on the Commission are the three County Commissioners from each county, the Chairman of each county’s Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and the Surveyor of each county, or their designee.

Voting Members