Provide funds to the new mexico environment department (NMED) so that IT may provide subawards to local municipalities for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a $813,000 Formula Grant under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447) to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to NMED so that it may provide sub-awards to local municipalities for the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The key activities to be performed include the execution and development of overflow and/or stormwater infrastructure projects, such as the Adams Park and South Anthony Arroyo Multi-Purpose Regional Flood Control Facility Project and the University of New Mexico Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project. The anticipated deliverables include plans, designs, and/or constructed overflow or stormwater infrastructure, and the expected outcomes are to protect public health and improve water quality by reducing sewer overflows through the management of stormwater. As part of this grant, NMED provided a sub-award to the City of Anthony for the South Anthony Arroyo Flood Control Project.

Description

The purpose of this agreement is to provide funds to the new mexico environment department (NMED) so that IT may provide subawards to local municipalities for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The expected outcomes are to protect public health and improve water quality by reducing sewer overflows through the management of stormwater. The NMED prioritizes the projects for sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grant program (OSG) subgrants by selecting projects that serve disadvantaged communities as defined in the clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) intended use plan and the CWSRF affordability criteria or are rural, considered less than 10,000 persons in population.activities:the activities to be performed include the execution and development of overflow and/or stormwater infrastructure projects. Adams park and south anthony arroyo multi-purpose regional flood control facility project will intercept, transport, treat, and control stormwater runoff. The project will include a conveyance structure, stormwater lift stations and force main, a gravity storm drain subsurface system, water quality oil separator, roadway and surface restoration and an outfall structure. University of new mexico (UNM) green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) installation of GSI to: reduce UNM's environmental impact, build resilience to increasingly larger storms and aridification, and to exceed the requirements of the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit.subrecipient:project activities that will intercept, transport, treat, and control stormwater runoff. The project will include a conveyance structure, stormwater lift stations and force main, a gravity storm drain subsurface system, water quality oil separator, roadway and surface restoration and an outfall structure. Project activities for the installation of green stormwater infrastructure to reduce the university of new mexico's environmental impact, build resilience to increasingly larger storms and aridification, and to exceed the requirements of the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: plans, designs, and/or constructed overflow or stormwater infrastructure. Additional deliverables may include: integrated stormwater management master plan; technical design documents; sanitary sewer overflow control solutions, including plans and specifications for the sanitary sewer overflow project to correct and reduce inflow and infiltration. The expected outcomes are: the outcomes provided from this grant are expected to protect public health and improve water quality by reducing sewer overflows through the management of stormwater. The intended beneficiaries are: municipal entities, of which, may be rural and/or disadvantaged communities: adams park and south anthony arroyo multi-purpose regional flood control facility construction of stormwater best management practices including stormwater storage and treatment, will improve the water quality of RIO grande river. University of new mexico green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) project will improve the water quality of the RIO grande river in the middle RIO grande watershed.