This action provides funding in the amount of $410,498 to monroe county, florida

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $410,498 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) to the County of Monroe, Florida. The purpose of this two-year project is to implement water quality sampling, monitoring, and evaluations of up to 300 canals within Monroe County, including the unincorporated county and municipalities. The project will collect dissolved oxygen data to inform decisions on potential reclassification and re-ranking of impaired canals, and develop a technical memorandum with recommendations for restoration technologies. The anticipated outcomes include improving water quality in the canal systems that discharge into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary nearshore and coastal waters, furthering the county's initiatives to restore water quality in the region.

The purpose of this project is to implement canal water quality sampling, monitoring, and evaluations. Activities include two-year, dissolved oxygen data collection for up to 300 canals within the unincorporated county and municipalities, provide data to make informed decisions on potential reclassifying and reranking of impaired canals, and collect a rotating series of readings in each of the 300 impaired canals. Anticipated deliverables include development of a technical memorandum for the 96 ranked canals not yet restored to provide recommendations for potential revisions including the use of new, stand-alone, combination of or partial restoration technology implementation. Expected outcomes include meeting objectives of improving water quality within the canal systems of the florida keys that discharge into adjacent florida keys national marine sanctuary outstanding (FKNMS) florida waters nearshore and coastal waters. The project will further the initiatives of the county to restore the water quality of the canals and ultimately the nearshore waters of the FKNMS. Direct beneficiaries include state of florida citizens.activities:.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:.