EPA Awards $14.4M To Improve Local Water Quality, Address Runoff Pollution Across the Mid-Atlantic
October 16, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $14.4M to improve the health of local waterbodies in Delaware ($1.3M), the District of Columbia ($1M), Maryland ($2.3M), Pennsylvania ($4.8M), Virginia ($3.2M), and West Virginia ($1.9M). This annual allocation is part of the Clean Water Act’s Section 319 grant program and is intended to curb nonpoint source pollution (NPS) which occurs when runoff from rain or snow carries pollutants into waterways such as rivers, wetlands, and groundwater.
Because NPS does not come from a single source, pipe, or facility, it is typically more difficult to address. Under Section 319, states, territories and tribes receive grant money from EPA that supports a wide variety of activities such as technical and financial assistance, education, training, demonstration projects and monitoring to assess the success of specific nonpoint source implementation projects.
