This $105,874 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Pueblo of Zia in New Mexico to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include hiring a water quality specialist, creating a water quality data management system, conducting water quality monitoring at seven sites...
This $103,000 EPA Region 6 Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) Formula Grant awarded to the Mescalero Apache Tribe will fund activities to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of the tribe's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Sampling surface water quality on tribal lands, assessing the water quality data collected, and submitting the data to the Water Quality Exchange (WQX) database. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $204,835 in funding to the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico. The award supports the tribe's continuing environmental programs, including water quality monitoring and nonpoint source pollution control projects. Key activities include assessing the tribe's stormwater drainage and flow paths, sampling and monitoring surface water quality,...
This $1,259,000 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program will provide funding to the Pueblo De San Felipe in New Mexico to implement drinking water infrastructure improvements. The key activities include: Developing a Preliminary Engineering Report to assess project alternatives and estimate costs for drilling a new drinking water well to address increasing arsenic levels in the existing well. This will...
This $345,440 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442) will assist the Picuris Pueblo Indian Tribe in New Mexico with upgrading and modernizing their public water system. The key project activities include: 1) Installing solar panels to provide a dedicated power supply to keep the water system operational during power outages; 2)...
This $120,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to carry out its Water Pollution Control Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The program aims to maintain, protect, and improve water quality on Navajo Nation lands through activities such as closure of an abandoned artesian well. This supports the goals of the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe a $311,546 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support program (CFDA 66.419) from October 1, 2021 to July 30, 2026. The funding will allow the Tribe to characterize and quantify potential metal contributions in two sections of the Mancos River, assess metal mobilization and suspended sediments, and synthesize water quality, sediment, and aquatic life data for the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program to the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel in California. The funding supports the tribe's continuing environmental programs, particularly for water quality management. Key activities include community education and outreach, training on nonpoint source pollution, implementation of a water quality education program, technician training, and integration...
This is a $162,316 formula grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) to the Cherokee Nation. The grant funds a program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of the tribe's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include conducting baseline and ongoing water quality sampling at 5 locations, coordinating water quality planning and...
This $110,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies on tribal lands. The key activities supported under this one-year grant include water quality monitoring and assessments, outreach, education, and...