This agreement provides funding to the state of arkansas to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a formula grant of $168,775 to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year award funds ADEQ's comprehensive water quality monitoring and assessment program designed to maintain, protect, and improve water quality across Arkansas's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. No subawards are included in this agreement.

The deliverables under this award include water quality data collection, national lake assessments, quality assurance procedures and documentation, aquatic biota habitat surveys at monitoring sites, annual progress reports, and a final grant completion report. ADEQ will generate a comprehensive database of water quality information and provide stream delineation data with habitat characteristic spreadsheets. The expected outcomes focus on determining the stressor-response condition of Mississippi Alluvial Plains biological communities by analyzing macroinvertebrate and fish community compositions in relation to water quality components using traditional metrics. These activities directly benefit Arkansas residents by preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies throughout the state.

The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in the state. Activities:activities include: data collection, national lake assessments, report on sampling completeness, quality assurance, and any deviations in sampling procedures, and an aquatic biota habitat survey at each site. The residents of the state of arkansas are the intended beneficiaries. There are no planned subawards under this agreement.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include, annual progress reports, final grant completion report, database of water quality information, stream delineation data and spreadsheet of habitat characteristic. The expected outcomes are to determine the stressor-response condition of mississippi alluvial plains biological communities using traditional metrics, macroinvertebrate and fish community compositions, compared solely to water quality components. The direct beneficiaries of the agreement are the residents of the state of arkansas.