This agreement provides funding to the delaware river basin commission (DRBC) to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater,…

This agreement provides funding to the delaware river basin commission (DRBC) 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 in the state. Activities:activities include monitoring of dissolved oxygen for atlantic sturgeon, biomonitoring, pollution minimization plan management for pcbs, partnering with EPA and CO-regulators to support aquatic life designated use rulemaking, technical support for PCB tmdl development, data analysis and modeling, development of a water quality assessment report, monitoring of 6-ppdq, water quality monitoring and chloride monitoring. Subrecipient:subawards in the amount of $412,407 are to new jersey department of health (NJDOH) and delaware department of natural resources and environmental control (DNREC) to support lab analysis for several projects including special protection waters, winter chloride monitoring, boat run monitoring, cyanotoxins monitoring and biomonitoring. Outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include qapps for new monitoring projects, data on multiple water quality parameters (do, chloride, temp, etc), data on 6PPD-Q in trout streams and a water quality assessment report. The expected outcomes include improved understanding of potential impacts to water quality, important fisheries and new data to support management and decision makers in the delaware river basin. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of the delaware river basin. Federal funds of $571,848 are contingent upon availability.