This agreement provides funding to the mescalero apache tribe to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other…

This agreement provides funding to the mescalero apache tribe to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies on tribal lands. Activities:activities include sampling surface water quality on tribal lands, assessing the water quality data collected and submitting data to the water quality exchange (WQX) database. The tribe will submit a tribal assessment report analyzing the sampling results. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include collection of surface water quality data, submittal of data to the water quality exchange (WQX) database, and submittal of a tribal assessment report . Outcomes include an improved understanding of the tribe's surface water quality. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of the mescalero apache tribe.