This agreement provides funding to the state of arizona 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 Region 9 awarded the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality $509,440 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support federal grant program (CFDA 66.419) to carry out water quality monitoring and assessment activities from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Through this formula grant award, ADEQ will implement comprehensive surface water quality monitoring strategies, enhance monitoring capacity, and maintain statistically valid monitoring programs. Specific activities include collecting and ensuring quality of water quality data submitted to the Water Quality Exchange, analyzing data gaps in Arizona waters and identifying new ambient sampling sites, and overseeing contractors conducting field sample collection and data gathering for EPA sites and ADEQ intensification sites. The grant aims to support ADEQ's program to protect and improve the water quality of Arizona's rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater. No subawards are included under this assistance agreement.

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: implementation of comprehensive monitoring strategies, enhancing and expanding their capacity in conducting and monitoring water quality for more parameters and at more sites, and maintaining and improving statistically-valid water quality monitoring programs. These activities and resulting products are essential for the state of arizona to assess surface water quality and to prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:anticipated outcomes by activity: 1) support monitoring personnel in the collection and quality assurance of data submitted to the water quality exchange - data collected by contractors 2) data GAP analyses of arizona waters to establish list of ambient sampling sites - notifications of data gaps and ambient sampling sites 3) improving flow regime maps through application of the sdam (subcontracted) - list of waters on which sdam was applied 4) oversight of contractors doing sample collection/data gathering during adeq participation in nrsa during FY23/24 - data submitted to nrsa from the field activities at EPA assigned sites and the adeq intensification the intended beneficiaries include: residents, visitors, neighboring communities, and environment of the state of arizona this assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $254,720. See terms and conditions.