[StBernard] Grants News Release (Region 6): EPA Awards Over $1 Million to the UNO Research and Technology Foundation

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards Over $1 Million to the UNO Research and Technology Foundation 

(DALLAS - June 24, 2011)  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
awarded $1,112,800 to the University of New Orleans Research and Technology
Foundation for water quality improvement projects in the Lake Pontchartrain
Basin. 

  

These projects will focus on the reduction or elimination of sewage related
pollution and provide education and outreach to local residents.  Included
in these projects is water quality monitoring to determine the health of
water within the Lake Pontchartrain watershed and protection of an interior
shoreline marsh to address the problem of migrating oil.  Additional
projects will include the analysis and design of coastal shoreline
protections against erosion. 

  

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/aboutepa/region6.html
<http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html>  

  

EPA audio file is available at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/jun2011.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/jun2011.html>