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EPA Awards $1 Million in Funding to the University of South Florida to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms | |
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2020-09-17 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information: Tampa, Fla. (September 17, 2020) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1 Million to the University of South Florida in Tampa as part of a total of $6,487,188 in funding to seven institutions to research how to prevent and control HABs using current and new technologies. With today’s announcement, EPA under President Trump has awarded more than $8.5 million in grant funding to research methods to reduce excess nutrients in watersheds. “Harmful algal blooms are a serious and persistent problem across all 50 states that can have severe impacts on human health, the environment, and the economy,” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “By expanding our knowledge of how to control and prevent the occurrence of these blooms, we can better protect our watersheds—especially our drinking water sources and recreational waters.” “With this funding, researchers at the University of South Florida will be able to develop strategies to address harmful algal blooms to improve the water quality of both freshwater and coastal ecosystems,” said EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker. “Using innovative scientific approaches is critical for addressing large-scale environmental challenges and protecting public health.” “Effective control of harmful algal blooms depends not only on the development of new technologies and management practices, but also on the decisions of where and when to implement them. Researchers at the University of South Florida have spent many years studying this issue and it’s important for us to continue pursuing innovative solutions,” said Dr. Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. The University of South Florida will use this grant to develop an assessment framework to optimize the implementation of excess nutrient treatment technologies and reduction strategies guided directly by the ecological response of the watershed for effective HABs control. As part of Administrator Wheeler’s focus on addressing our nation’s pressing water issues, preventing and mitigating excess nutrients in our waters, and the HABs that they can create is one of EPA’s highest water quality priorities. In 2020 alone, EPA has awarded Small Business Innovation Research funding to companies developing technologies to better detect HABs, released draft nutrient criteria for lakes and reservoirs, and announced an award of more than $2 million in funding to help states implement plans to that reduce excess nutrients and improve water quality in the Mississippi River/Atchafalaya River Basin. Today’s award marks the largest research grant to date to support a nation-wide effort to prevent and control HABs. The other six recipients receiving today’s funding through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program include:
Through the development of new technologies and the optimization of existing technologies and best management practices, these projects will assist in reducing excess nutrients that enter the Nation’s waterways and support EPA’s goal to reduce the occurrence of HABs across the United States. Background: Learn more about the grantees: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/659 For more information on HABs: https://www.epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/harmful-algal-blooms For more information on the EPA’s HABs research: https://www.epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/water-research/harmful-algal-blooms-and-cyanobacteria-research |
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来源平台 | US Environmental Protection Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/294757 |
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