This agreement provides funding to the alabama-coushatta tribe of texas to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and…

This agreement provides funding to the alabama-coushatta tribe of texas 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: maintaining the tribal water quality program office as a section of the tribal environmental office. Coordinating and conducting the water quality monitoring project. Aiding tribal administration, tribal departments and the tribal community. Attending pertinent water quality training, conferences and workshops. Continuing to transfer water quality data to EPA storet.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: deliverable 1: third quarter; final report deliverable 2: quarterly progress report; final report deliverable 3: quarterly progress reports; revised qapp, TAR report, final report the expected outcomes include: outcome 1: metals in water testing will enable the tribal water quality program to be aware of the existence of metals in the water when detected in the analysis process. In the tombigbee lake where all the contact recreation occurs and fish are caught and consumed; the resulting data will aid in understanding the lakes health and protection of the users. Outcome 2: the continuous water quality monitoring will enable the tribal water quality program to make determinations to assist tribal leaders and administration with water quality issues and in the long term to develop water quality standards for the tribe. Outcome 3: the tribal water quality program will continue to aid tribal administration, tribal departments and the tribal community when issues arise concerning water quality and public health. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of the alabama-coushatta tribe of texas.