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EPA awards Idaho Department of Environmental Quality nearly $2 million to protect water quality statewide | |
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2019-08-22 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1,943,000 to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ), giving local water quality improvement projects across the state a welcome funding boost where it’s needed most. “These grants help local communities restore vital streams and habitat across Idaho. Successful projects often serve as the cornerstone of protecting and improving local water quality,” said Chris Hladick, EPA’s regional administrator in Seattle. Tim Wendland, loan program manager for IDEQ’s water quality division in Boise agrees. “The Clean Water Act section 319 grant program is key to helping mitigate nonpoint sources, which we know are the largest water pollution contributors,” said Wendland. Congress enacted Section 319 of the Clean Water Act in 1987, establishing a national program to control nonpoint sources of water pollution. Through Section 319, the EPA provides states, territories, and tribes with guidance and grant funding to implement their nonpoint source programs and to support local watershed projects to improve water quality. Collectively this work has restored over 6,000 miles of streams and over 164,000 acres of lakes since 2006. Hundreds of additional projects are underway across the country. The 319 grants received by Idaho complement the $23.8 million Idaho received from EPA for statewide water quality protection projects in 2018. Here are some examples of successful EPA-funded projects featured in Idaho’s 2018 Performance and Progress Report:
For more detailed information on these and other Idaho local water quality improvement projects, call Dave Pisarski at Idaho Department of Environmental Quality at (208) 373-0464 or email Dave.Pisarski@deq.idaho.gov. Funding for these projects is one part of EPA’s overall effort to ensure that America’s waters are clean and safe. This year, EPA is distributing more than $165 million in section 319 grants to states, territories, and tribes to reduce nonpoint runoff in urban and rural settings, including efforts to reduce excess nutrients that can enter our waters and cause public health and environmental challenges. Over the last two years, states have restored over 80 waters and reduced over 17 million pounds of nitrogen, nearly 4 million pounds of phosphorus, and 3.5 million tons of excess sediment through section 319 projects. For more about EPA’s Non-Point Pollution Grant Program: https://www.epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/nps/319-grant-program-states-and-territories For more about Idaho’s Non-Point program: https://www.deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/surface-water/nonpoint-source-pollution.aspx # # # |
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来源平台 | us environmental protection agency (epa) |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/135587 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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