The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded Florida Atlantic University a $118,252 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Florida Atlantic University's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to address marine debris, fishing gear, trash, and boating equipment entering waterways in the Indian River Lagoon,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $353,798 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program to the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. The project grant will support the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to examine the relationship between submarine groundwater discharge and seagrasses at multiple locations within Florida Bay....
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $147,776 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act federal grant program to the University of South Florida. The three-year project grant funding period extends from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2024. Under this award, the University of South Florida will support the South Florida Geographic Initiative Program through determining...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, through the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), awarded $400,000 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) on June 1, 2024. The purpose of this 4-year project grant is to develop and apply an innovative rapid screening tool and predictive model for monitoring microcystin levels in Lake Okeechobee, the Okeechobee Waterway, and the Caloosahatchee River and estuaries. Key deliverables include...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded Florida Atlantic University a $195,426 cooperative agreement under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) for a three-year period from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. Under this award, Florida Atlantic University will develop the scientific foundation for a regional organics diversion model utilizing excess capacity at local wastewater treatment anaerobic digesters. The university will measure key organic waste...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $149,999 Project Grant to Monroe County, Florida under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Monroe County's Fiscal Year 2020 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program, which addresses impaired water quality in residential canals identified in the Water Quality Protection Program Action...
This $749,811 project grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), supports Florida Atlantic University's work to address management of seagrass ecosystems in South Florida. Key activities include providing training to assist coastal resource managers, setting seagrass recovery targets, and developing a comprehensive Everglades restoration plan. Anticipated deliverables include...
This $488,243 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) supports Florida International University's (FIU) research to delineate pollution sources entering Lake Worth Lagoon via the C-51 canal and assess the efficacy of recent stormwater infrastructure upgrades. The project aims to provide critical information to support long-term stormwater pollutant reduction...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $248,000 to Martin County Board of County Commissioners through its Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program. The funding supports Martin County's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiative program to analyze existing water quality data in the Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie Estuary, and northern extent of the Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area. It also provides for augmented water sampling, particularly during the wet...
This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 provides $529,979 to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Inc. to establish a harmful algal bloom observing network in the Caloosahatchee Estuary through March 2024. Funded under EPA's Section 104(b)(3) Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements program, this award will support coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training,...