Cooperative Agreement 00F40501

The Sausalito Marin City School District received a $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The funding will support the design, permitting, and construction of a 600-foot daylighted, vegetated perennial creek channel, as well as the installation of green infrastructure stormwater management features on the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's Nevada Campus. The project also...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $261,193 Project Grant under the Source Reduction Assistance (CFDA 66.717) program to the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide pollution prevention (P2) training and technical assistance to regulated municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), territorial agencies, Indian Nations, and other organizations in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Indian Nations. The project aims to...

This $770,823 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the Redwood City Urban Creek Regreening Project. The project aims to enhance the ecological and community value of three degraded urban creek sites in Redwood City, California by removing invasive trees and plants and installing native vegetation that provides ecological and water quality benefits, as well as...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...

This Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447) provides $645,000 to the District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to support the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The primary activity to be performed is the construction of the Fort Dupont Stream and Wetland Restoration, Phase II project....

The San Mateo County Department of Housing was awarded a $500,000 EPA Region 9 San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA #66.126) grant to install approximately 40 trash capture devices and construct two subsurface infiltration systems for stormwater runoff treatment in the North Fair Oaks and Harbor-Industrial communities. These projects will reduce trash and other pollutants from entering the San Francisco Bay, while also supporting the county's efforts to meet municipal...

This $1,526,621 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the CFDA 66.126 Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund supports the City of Sonoma's North Bay Water Quality Partnership Project. The key project activities include: Installing large and small-scale trash capture devices in four municipal stormwater systems to improve water quality and meet Phase II stormwater permit requirements. The project aims to install full...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports the City of Berkeley in implementing water quality improvement measures for the Aquatic Park Lagoon. The key activities include: Designing and constructing a bio-retention garden upstream of the lagoon to reduce contaminants and trash entering the water body. Additionally, the project will...

The City of San Jose received a $419,002 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA #66.126) to implement an environmental stewardship program. The program will provide watershed protection and climate resilience education to local high school students, who will then present to elementary school students and the community. It will also facilitate creek cleanups with high school...

This $1,645,900 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to assess and rehabilitate high-risk sanitary sewer systems in several municipalities within Cook County, Illinois. The project will be executed in two phases. Phase I will involve conducting a condition assessment of the high-risk sewer system...