This Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $14,443,306 to Texas A&M University to install hundreds of climate-resilient onsite wastewater treatment systems in disadvantaged communities in Alabama. The key products and services include:
Developing and executing community-based outreach to engage citizens, evaluating and installing climate-resilient wastewater treatment technologies, establishing sustainable management and governance approaches, creating a workforce development program for rural water/wastewater certification, and disseminating information about decentralized wastewater systems. Subawards will support selection and installation of approved treatment systems, data collection and analysis, coordination of a rural water/wastewater consortium, evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions, and development of water/wastewater training curricula. The expected outcomes include increased number of properly installed and managed climate-resilient onsite wastewater systems and enhanced community resilience to extreme weather.
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