This agreement provides funding to kansas 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 7 awarded the Kansas Department of Health & Environment a formula grant of $168,775 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support program (CFDA 66.419) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This funding supports Kansas's comprehensive water quality monitoring and assessment activities designed to maintain, protect, and improve the state's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The award includes no subawards.

The grant funds the implementation of a state-scale statistical survey utilizing the newly developed Kansas Multi-Metric Index (MMI) tool to assess midge impact on stream health and the development of standardized stream monitoring processes to validate reference site selection and quality. Key deliverables include annual and final reports, as well as the collection and analysis of surface water, physical, chemical, and biological samples from streams and lakes throughout Kansas. These activities are designed to prevent degradation of unimpaired waterbodies, reduce the number of impaired waterbodies in the state, and augment program capacity to increase the utility of monitoring data for additional purposes and data users. The direct beneficiaries are Kansas residents who benefit from improved water quality protection and public health safeguards.

The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in the state. Activities:activities to be performed include implementing a state scale statistical survey, utilizing the new kansas multi-metric index (MMI) tool to assess midge impact on stream health, and developing a standardized process for stream monitoring to validate reference site selection and quality. Completion of the activities will augment program capacity and increase utility of monitoring data for additional purposes and data users.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:anticipated deliverables include: annual and final reports, collection and analysis of surface water, physical, chemical, and biological samples from streams and lakes throughout the state of kansas. Expected outcomes include: protection of public health from the risk of exposure to regulated and emerging contaminants in drinking and source waters by improving the reliability, accessibility, and resilience of the nation and water infrastructure to reduce the impacts of climate change, structural deterioration, and cyber threats. The intended beneficiaries include the residents of the state of kansas. The direct beneficiaries of the agreement are the residents of the state of kansas.