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...
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...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) program, funds the Minnesota Department of Health's (MN DOH) beach monitoring and public notification efforts for the upcoming swimming season. The $203,000 award will support MN DOH's activities to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Minnesota, test for bacterial contamination, and notify the public...
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...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection a $245,600 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to support beach water quality monitoring and public notification efforts from January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The grant funding will allow the Department to collect water samples from designated recreational beaches in Maine, test them for bacteriological water quality, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 provides $232,000.00 to fund the Illinois Department of Public Health's Beach Monitoring and Notification Program for the upcoming 2024-2025 swimming season. The funding supports the department's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Illinois and notify the public when water exceeds thresholds for fecal indicator bacteria or other pathogens. Key activities include water...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Illinois Department of Public Health a $232,000 project grant from the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) for the period of August 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Under the award, the Illinois Department of Public Health will contract with various local health departments and beach operators to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches along Lake Michigan in Illinois. Specifically,...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $255,940 Project Grant to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to fund the state's beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season. This funding will enable ODH to conduct bacteriological water quality monitoring at designated recreational beaches in Ohio and notify the public when water quality exceeds established thresholds for...