MWMO Programs

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has programs that focus on a variety of areas.

Education & Outreach
Provides information, services and products to promote responsible stewardship of water and natural resources by the watershed community.

Emergency Response Fund
Provides a readily accessible source of funding for responding to immediate threats to water resources in the MWMO watershed.

Greening
Uses vegetation to reduce water volume and improve water quality, thereby protecting and improving surface and groundwater and natural resources.

Land Acquisition
Enables the purchase of property that significantly impacts surface and groundwater, natural resources and other recreational, historical and cultural resources related to water.

Monitoring
Collects and analyzes data to provide a scientific foundation for identifying and evaluating water quality issues and solutions to improve water quality within the watershed.

Planning
Provides direction to the MWMO's activities by integrating the MWMO's goals, responsibilities into future courses of action.

Stewardship Fund
Provides financial assistance to promote community-led projects and education efforts to improve and conserve water and natural resources in the watershed.

Water Reuse & Conservation
Reduces impacts and demands on water resources through a combination of water conservation (using less water) and reuse (using water more than once before discharge).

Watershed Assessment
Expands the knowledge that characterizes physical, chemical, cultural, historic, biological, social, economic, organizational, and political resources of the MWMO to guide planning, education, and management activities in the watershed.