Cooperative Agreement 99T16601

This $558,005 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a 3-year study on the occurrence, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in natural and constructed wetlands. The key objectives are to: 1) understand if PFAS concentrations increase through the wetland food chain and evaluate the ability of wetlands to remove these chemicals; 2)...

The University of Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, was awarded a $555,199 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to conduct a 3-year study on the fate, trophic uptake, and toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. The key objectives are to: (1) characterize the seasonal diversity and concentration of 90 PFAS in water, sediment, and seagrass; (2)...

This Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 provides $1,988,264 to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IL DNR) for fiscal year 2022 under the State Underground Water Source Protection (SUWSP) program. The IL DNR will use the funding to implement its program for protecting underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection activities through activities such as maintaining inventories and compliance databases for injection systems,...

The U.S. Geological Survey is providing a $584,710 Project Grant under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research on the environmental transport of contaminants from septic systems into drinking water sources. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: 1) evaluate hydrogeologic and socioeconomic factors influencing the movement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

This Project Grant from the US Geological Survey, under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), provides $469,361 to The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs from January 2023 to January 2026. The funding will support field observations and numerical simulations to enhance understanding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) deposition impacts on hydrologic systems in Ohio. Researchers will deploy air and plant samplers near...

This is a Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). The $553,787 award to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division is for a 3-year project to improve understanding of the fate and impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) transported through the atmosphere and their contribution to PFAS contamination in surface waters. Key project activities include: 1)...

This Project Grant award of $620,000 was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) Program (CFDA 15.805) to Clemson University. The project aims to determine what portion of total organic fluorine (TOF) measured in U.S. surface waters is attributable to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) versus fluorine-containing pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Activities include measuring TOF, PFAS, and fluorinated chemicals in surface water samples...

The US Geological Survey, through its Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes federal grant program (CFDA 15.805), awarded Purdue University $487,497 for its project titled "PFAS Precursor Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation in Agriculturally Impacted Wetland Food Webs." The project will study the in vivo transformation and ecological effects of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) precursors in wetlands located in Indiana. Specifically, the researchers...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $558,345.00 to Purdue University to investigate the distribution, fate, and impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Lake Michigan ecosystem. The project will assess PFAS accumulation in tissues of various fish species through lab experiments and field sampling, as well as measure biochemical and transcriptomic...

This $558,346 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports research at the University of Nebraska on the release, adsorption, and biotransformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the water-sediment interface in agricultural watersheds. The key objectives are to: 1) measure the kinetics of PFAS release from decomposed biosolids and adsorption to sediments under anaerobic...