Fwd: News Release: EPA awards $100,000 to ensure water for citizens of Arkansas

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From: U.S. EPA <usaepa@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:20 AM
Subject: News Release: EPA awards $100,000 to ensure water for citizens of Arkansas
To: iammejtm@gmail.com

EPA awards $100,000 to ensure water for citizens of Arkansas   DALLAS – (Aug. 27, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $100,000 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for water quality management planning. The funds will be used to conduct analysis of chemical samples of rivers, streams and lakes in Ark.   The Clean Water Act allows EPA to issue states funding for regional water quality management planning projects. Our nation's waters are monitored by state, federal and local agencies, dischargers, and volunteers.  Water quality data are used to characterize waters, identify trends over time, identify emerging problems, determine whether pollution control programs are working. The program also enables EPA to help direct pollution control efforts to where they are most needed, and respond to emergencies such as floods and spills.   Over 40 years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect rivers, lakes, bays, wetlands and coastal waters. Streams and wetlands benefit communities by trapping floodwaters, recharging groundwater supplies, removing pollution and providing habitats for fish and wildlife. Families and farms located downstream understand the importance of healthy headwaters upstream. One in three Americans get their drinking water from public systems that rely on seasonal and rain-dependent streams. EPA is taking public comment on a rule to help protect our Nation's waters. For more information please visit: www.epa.gov/uswaters.   Connect with EPA Region 6: On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eparegion6  On Twitter: https://twitter.com/EPAregion6 Activities in EPA Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm      # # #   For more information contact Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov You can unsubscribe or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems, please e-mail subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to iammejtm@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355

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Jeremy Tobias Matthews