This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will enable the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of the state's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include monitoring macroinvertebrates and fish, analyzing chlorophyll samples, increasing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $177,544 to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support federal grant program (CFDA 66.419) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Funding will allow the state to undertake supplemental monitoring initiatives to build capacity in its monitoring programs. Activities may include using statistical surveys, improving data...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $429,983 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides funding to Clemson University to expand on the South Carolina Wetland Program Plan (SCWPP) objectives. The key activities include: Conducting a literature review on the state of knowledge of anuran, bird, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation communities in Carolina bays, pocosins, and other isolated wetlands in the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $177,544 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality through the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support grant program (CFDA 66.419) for the period of October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. Under this Formula Grant, the NCDEQ will undertake supplemental monitoring initiatives to build capacity in their monitoring programs. Activities may include using statistical surveys, improving data...
This $275,196 formula grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program will support the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) in maintaining, protecting, and improving the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in the state. Key activities include coastal field sampling and analysis, conducting field sampling and...
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...
This $229,500 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of the state's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The key activities under this grant include coastal field sampling and analysis, conducting field sampling and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, funds the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to operate continuing environmental programs focused on water quality. The $135,253 award supports EBCI's water quality monitoring, sampling, analysis, and data entry activities, as well as the implementation of non-point source pollution reduction projects on tribal lands. The agreement also...
This $388,362 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) will fund the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to characterize nutrient and microbial water quality in the nearshore "halo zone" of the Florida Keys and its connections to the broader regional water quality of the reef tract. Key activities include...
This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will provide funding to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in North Carolina. The key activities to be conducted under this award include field sampling,...