This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 provides $601,022 to Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, Inc. to support their FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program. The program will evaluate sources of nutrients and enterococci in Biscayne Bay, Florida from March 2021 through February 2024.
The funding supports research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to water quality issues as part of the EPA's Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program. Specifically, Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper will identify and quantify sources of nutrients and bacteria entering Biscayne Bay to inform water quality protection and restoration efforts. The $601,022 total award amount will allow their team to conduct sampling, monitoring, and analyses over the three-year period to pinpoint contamination sources.
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