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In Brief
The EPA issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In addition, EPA announced nearly $1 billion in newly available funding to help states and territories implement PFAS testing and treatment at public water systems and to help owners of private wells address PFAS contamination.
The Long Island Sound Study will sponsor nine public engagement sessions in May for attendees to provide comments on what issues are important to them. These insights will help inform upcoming revisions to the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and partners announced the availability of nearly $4 million in grants for resilience projects to protect coastal habitat shoreline access on public lands.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University announced $325,994 in grant awards for 11 projects. These projects address a range of environmental research and education needs to advance water resource and ecosystem restoration priorities for New York’s Great Lakes, Hudson River Estuary, and Mohawk River basin watersheds.
The EPA designated two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law to help ensure that polluters pay to clean up their contamination.
A study identified microplastic hotspots in Long Island Sound waters.
A team of scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with researchers across academia, government and industry, published a dataset that provides information on water quality trends for more than 55,000 lakes across the country.
The EPA announced $3 billion for lead pipe replacement to advance safe drinking water.
New York Governor Hochul announced $60 million is available for the inaugural round of the Green Resiliency Grant program. The new program will provide funds to flood-prone communities and help them undertake green infrastructure projects such as green roofs, green streets and permeable pavement.
The Portland (Maine) Water District will begin testing the city's wastewater for the presence of monkeypox, influenza A and a common respiratory virus known as RSV as part of a national effort to monitor the spread of infectious diseases.
The EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide $15 million in funding for groundwater cleanup at the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site in Williston, Vermont. The main goal of this site is to meet state requirements for clean drinking water and focus on the cleanup of trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination.
The University of Rhode Island’s Water Quality Program is launching an initiative that will research the prevalence, sources and pathways of PFAS in water systems of two small or disadvantaged local communities. The researchers will test private wells, small public water systems, surface waters, and onsite wastewater.
The EPA's Southeast New England Program (SNEP) awarded $1.275 million in funding to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout Southeast New England.
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