This $168,775 federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program, supports the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's (IDEM) efforts to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Indiana's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other water bodies. Key activities to be undertaken include data entry mobile application enhancements, the purchase of electronic equipment for use with electronic field sheets, improvements to the state's blue-green algae program in collaboration with the Department of Health and Department of Natural Resources, and verification of IDEM's Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for biological communities in coolwater streams. Expected outcomes include the adoption of statistically valid monitoring designs, migration to the Water Quality Exchange for data sharing, expansion of biological monitoring, and the development of new predictive and remote sensing tools to refine the application of monitoring data. This federal grant award will provide critical support to IDEM's comprehensive water quality management program and benefit the residents of Indiana.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $168.8k | 9/24/24 |