Project Grant CU975769011

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...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $222,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. This grant funds Wisconsin's beach monitoring program for the 2024 swimming season, supporting compliance with performance criteria established under the Clean Water Act's Beach...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) was awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 to oversee the South Shore Beach Rehabilitation Project under the EPA's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). This project will address the beach closings and recreational restrictions in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern by completing the design and construction phases to create a new swimming beach,...

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 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 $359,261 federal Formula Grant award under the EPA's Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Wisconsin's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Enhancements to web-based data visualization tools to improve public access to Wisconsin's water quality data, development of a...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the State of California Water Resources Control Board $525,000 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) federal project grant. The funding supports the State's beach monitoring program for the upcoming swimming season through September 2024. Key deliverables include bacteriological water quality monitoring at designated recreational beaches in California, public notification of sample results, and...

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,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) provides $203,000.00 to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to fund the state's beach monitoring and public notification program for the upcoming 2024-2025 swimming season. The grant supports MDH's efforts to monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Minnesota, test for harmful bacteria, and promptly notify the...

This $206,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant funds the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's beach monitoring and notification program for the 2023 swimming season. The program will monitor water quality at designated recreational beaches in Indiana, notifying the public of any exceedances of bacteria thresholds through advisories or closures. It will deliver water quality monitoring data, public notification actions, and an annual summary report to the EPA. The grant...