The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded $280,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Health under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) federal grant program. The award will fund the recipient's efforts to implement beach water quality monitoring and public notification for the upcoming swimming season at designated recreational beaches in Virginia, as required under the federal Beach Act. Activities include bacteriological...
This $291,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) supports the Virginia Department of Health's (VDH) Beach Advisory Program. The primary objective is to reduce the risk of waterborne illness for recreational swimmers in Virginia's coastal waters. Key activities to be performed under this grant include weekly water quality sampling and monitoring, analysis of sampling results,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $252,000 Project Grant to the Maryland Department of the Environment under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to support the state's efforts in monitoring recreational beaches and notifying the public from December 2021 through November 2022. Specifically, grant funds will be used to collect water samples from designated beaches to test for bacteria, notify the public when waters exceed...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $272,000 Project Grant to the Maryland Department of Environment's Office of Fiscal Services to implement the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program for the 2022-2023 swimming season. Under the grant, local health departments will conduct bacteriological water quality sampling and monitoring at recreational beaches in Maryland from December 2022 through November 2023. The grantee will notify the public of any exceedances of water...
This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, totaling $245,600, will fund the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to implement beach water quality monitoring and public notification efforts under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) from October 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The Department will collect water samples from designated recreational beaches in Massachusetts to test for bacteriological water...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control a $208,000 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) for the period of October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant supports Delaware's efforts to collect water samples from designated recreational beaches, test them for bacteriological water quality, and notify the public when waters exceed...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) will provide $254,000.00 to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) to monitor bacterial water quality at approximately 600 sampling locations across over 550 marine beaches in Massachusetts. The grant funds will support MDPH's efforts to maintain a public notification system informing residents and beachgoers when water...
This federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472), provides $210,000.00 to the State of Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) to fund their beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season. The program will consist of bacteriological water quality monitoring at recreational bathing beaches in Rhode Island, public notification and risk communication when...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the County of Erie, Pennsylvania $223,000 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) federal grant program. This Project Grant will fund Erie County's implementation of a beach monitoring and public notification program for the 2023 swimming season. Specifically, the county will collect bacteriological water quality samples from designated recreational beaches, test the samples, and notify the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Connecticut Department of Public Health a $216,600 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 October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023. Deliverables under the award include sampling of designated recreational beaches in Connecticut for bacteriological water quality, notifying the public when waters exceed...