Project Grant 00E52806

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources a $226,000 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) program. The grant funds the recipient's beach monitoring and public notification efforts for the 2023 and 2024 swimming seasons in Wisconsin to remain eligible for beach grant funding. Specifically, the grant supports county health departments in 14 Wisconsin counties to conduct...

This federal Project Grant award of $220,000.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) will fund the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' (WDNR) beach monitoring and public notification program for the 2024 swimming season. The award will support WDNR's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Wisconsin and notify the public when bacteria levels exceed...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) provides $203,000.00 to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to fund the state's beach monitoring and public notification program for the upcoming 2024-2025 swimming season. The grant supports MDH's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Minnesota, test for harmful bacteria, and promptly notify the...

This Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes federal program (CFDA 15.805), provides $500,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from December 2022 through December 2025. The funding supports research to quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bioaccumulation and potential health impacts in economically important plants and animals associated with aquatic ecosystems in ceded territories of the Great Lakes...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) provides $227,000.00 in funding to the Minnesota Department of Health's (MN DOH) Financial Management Division to support its beach monitoring and public notification program for the upcoming swimming season. The program will fund MN DOH's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Minnesota, conduct laboratory...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $245,000 Project Grant to the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472). The grant will fund the recipient's beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season, including meeting performance criteria established by the Federal Beach Act to remain eligible for beach grants and consistent with national guidance. Specifically, the grant will support the...

This $359,261 federal Formula Grant award under the EPA's Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Wisconsin's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Enhancements to web-based data visualization tools to improve public access to Wisconsin's water quality data, development of a...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) was awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 to oversee the South Shore Beach Rehabilitation Project under the EPA's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). This project will address the beach closings and recreational restrictions in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern by completing the design and construction phases to create a new swimming beach,...

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will use a $417,830 Environmental Protection Agency grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to purchase a trash collection boat and install trash trapping devices. The boat will collect trash from three major northeast Wisconsin rivers discharging into Lake Michigan and transit between shoreline communities. Trapping devices will capture trash at fixed locations in high-use marinas. This project aims to clean up approximately 6,000 acres...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Department of Health a $228,000 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to support water quality monitoring and public notification efforts at recreational beaches in Minnesota from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Specifically, the state will collect and analyze water samples from 36 designated beaches on a semi-weekly or weekly basis, depending on beach tier...