Project Grant R827955011

This $464,100 Formula Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in the state. Key activities include coastal field sampling and analysis, water quality monitoring, and laboratory analysis....

This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will assist the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in maintaining, protecting, and improving the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in Florida. The key activities funded include collecting field samples and monitoring the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $6,617,700 Formula Grant under the EPA's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.460) program to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). This grant provides funding to FDEP to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on addressing water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources in Florida watersheds. The key products and services to be delivered include project administration...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will provide $512,496 to Purdue University over 2.5 years to develop and validate a robust laboratory method for quantifying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in complex environmental matrices. The key focus is on evaluating a hydrogen peroxide oxidative pretreatment approach to improve extraction and analysis of understudied PFAS...

This $8.3 million Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) provides funding to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 to implement the state's nonpoint source pollution management program. The program focuses on improving water quality in watersheds impaired by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources. Projects implemented by the state grantee and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $199,986 project grant to Boise State University to conduct research on the fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in river sediments. The two-year project aims to develop and validate an integrated experimental and modeling framework to identify the key processes controlling the degradation and transformation of PPCPs and their byproducts in the Boise River. The research...

This EPA Region 5 Formula Grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) provides $805,000 to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to fund water quality planning and monitoring activities across the state. The key activities include: Monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Indiana fish tissue Developing watershed management plans for the Upper East Fork Whitewater River and Mill Creek Conducting monitoring projects on the Ohio...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $208,277 Project Grant titled "NSF-BSF: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOLIDS AND REACTIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN SEWER SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE: MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION" under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to investigate the characteristics of solid waste entering sewer systems, the factors impacting its movement and accumulation,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $558,345.00 to Purdue University to investigate the distribution, fate, and impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Lake Michigan ecosystem. The project will assess PFAS accumulation in tissues of various fish species through lab experiments and field sampling, as well as measure biochemical and transcriptomic...

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...