[StBernard] University of New Orleans Foundation is awarded nearly $1 million from EPA for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program

Westley Annis Westley at da-parish.com
Tue Aug 18 16:31:37 EDT 2009


University of New Orleans Foundation is awarded nearly $1 million from EPA
for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program

(Dallas, Texas -August 18, 2009) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has awarded $950,000 to the University of New Orleans Research and Tech
Foundation to reduce sewer-related pollution, provide water quality
educational outreach, and improve water quality in the Pontchartrain Basin.
Project activities include implementing sewer collection and drinking water
distribution systems, minimizing the amount of pollutants and floating
debris that enters the drainage outfall canals, and conducting a study of
wastewater collection and treatment throughout the unincorporated areas of
St. Helena Parish.

Additional information on EPA's Water Program:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/index.htm
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/index.htm>

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

EPA audio file is available for 30 days at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/aug2009.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/aug2009.html>

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