The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District received a $1.8 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund program (CFDA 66.126). The grant will support implementation of the Wildcat Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project to construct a 400-foot long ecologically-friendly fish passage facility with step pools and roughened ramps. Additional funded activities include constructing...
This $6,102,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will fund the "Restoring Wildcat Creek: Community-Led Watershed Health Update and Priority Project Implementation" project. The key products and services to be delivered include: Restoration of 5,000 feet of sediment-choked riparian corridor and 10 acres of adjacent habitat along Wildcat Creek Creation of a 50,000...
This $1,000,748 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports a 4-year effort to build the capacity of the underserved community of North Richmond, California to participate in planning, designing, and implementing the Wildcat Creek Watershed Action Plan 2040. The project will facilitate community engagement to update the Wildcat Creek Restoration Action...
This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $3,810,452, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant will fund staff at the California State Water Resources Control Board to work on priorities of the EPA's San Francisco Bay Restoration Program, including providing technical assistance for local climate adaptation planning, reducing nutrient...
This $770,823 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the Redwood City Urban Creek Regreening Project. The project aims to enhance the ecological and community value of three degraded urban creek sites in Redwood City, California by removing invasive trees and plants and installing native vegetation that provides ecological and water quality benefits, as well as...
The San Mateo County Department of Housing was awarded a $500,000 EPA Region 9 San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA #66.126) grant to install approximately 40 trash capture devices and construct two subsurface infiltration systems for stormwater runoff treatment in the North Fair Oaks and Harbor-Industrial communities. These projects will reduce trash and other pollutants from entering the San Francisco Bay, while also supporting the county's efforts to meet municipal...
This $8,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports efforts to reduce polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution in the San Francisco Bay. The key activities include: Ongoing monitoring of PCBs in stormwater, urban sediments, and Bay tributaries. Implementation of 10 PCBs control programs, including monitoring and assessment to quantify stormwater runoff loads and load...
The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) was awarded a $3,494,219 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) program. The grant, titled "Healthy Watersheds and Thriving Cities: Collaborating for Multiple Benefits at the Landscape Scale," aims to develop a cross-organizational, landscape-scale watershed approach to identifying urban greening solutions that provide multiple benefits to humans and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...
This $2,975,302 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the CFDA 66.126 "Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund" program, is to transform a 6.9-acre wastewater storage basin into a multi-purpose freshwater treatment wetland. The project aims to reduce nitrogen discharges from the City of San Leandro's Water Pollution Control Plant by 20% and help mitigate emerging contaminants. Key activities...