Project Grant 17DG11420004311

The U.S. Geological Survey is providing a $584,710 Project Grant under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research on the environmental transport of contaminants from septic systems into drinking water sources. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: 1) evaluate hydrogeologic and socioeconomic factors influencing the movement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) received a $200,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608) to enhance its stormwater management regulatory programs' information technology and data management capabilities. Specifically, DOEE will restructure and add features to its QuickBase application used for compliance, enforcement, and workflow...

Under a $1,026,220 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Technical Assistance for Treatment Works program (CFDA #66.446), the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) will provide training and technical assistance to help rural, small, and tribal wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) in the Northeast region achieve regulatory compliance and improve water quality. NEIWPCC will develop six online, self-paced training courses on technical,...

This $400,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), is funding the BRIDGE-TECH (Building Relationships in Innovation and Development for Growth in Emerging Technologies) project. BRIDGE-TECH brings together a cohort of five primarily undergraduate institutions to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems by removing barriers to research, workforce development, and technology...

The Touchet and Tucannon Regional Flood Risk Reduction and Habitat Enhancement Partnership, a grassroots watershed group in southeastern Washington, received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the partnership's efforts to develop shovel-ready project designs to mitigate flood risk, increase community flood resilience, and improve aquatic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), provides $311,880.59 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to demonstrate the use of hydrophobic ion-pairing to enhance the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated groundwater through a pilot-scale granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment system. The project aims to optimize the...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network (CFDA 66.608) Grant Program aims to enhance the Tulalip Tribes' data management and analysis capabilities for environmental protection. The key activities include: 1) developing a web-based data entry interface for a new SQL database to manage juvenile salmon outmigration data, 2) integrating the database with an existing exchange network, 3) performing quality...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works program (CFDA 66.446) provides $3,000,000 in funding to the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. (RCAP) to deliver technical assistance and training to owners, operators, and managers of small publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems. The activities include in-person and remote capacity building in technical, managerial,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $557,406.76 Cooperative Agreement to William Marsh Rice University under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The goal of this 18-month project, with an estimated completion date of September 2025, is to further evaluate the effectiveness of boron nitride-based photocatalytic materials for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in brackish groundwater and reverse osmosis...

This Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) project grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), will provide $239,961 in technical assistance to businesses in Washington state to help them develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices. The Washington Department of Ecology, the awardee, will collaborate with subject matter experts to offer customized solutions promoting P2, including: 1) Partnering with an...