[StBernard] EPA Awards $174, 000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards $174,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 

  

(Dallas, Texas - October 15, 2009)  The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has awarded $174,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ).  The funds will be used by LDEQ to conduct ambient water
quality monitoring in various ecoregions in Louisiana.  LDEQ will collect
continuous water quality monitoring data needed for dissolved oxygen,
nutrient and other criteria development, and will also collect fish tissue
samples and conduct a water quality database implementation needs
assessment. 

  

Additional information on EPA grants:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm>  

  

More about activities in EPA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/region6
<http://www.epa.gov/region6>  

  

EPA audio file is available at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2009.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2009.html>