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Arkansas and EPA protect children from contaminated drinking water | |
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2020-02-20 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information:
Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at r6press@epa.gov or 214 665-2200
DALLAS – (Feb. 20, 2020) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $420,000 to the Arkansas Department of Education to assist with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools or child care facilities. The funding will help protect children in disadvantaged communities and makes progress on implementing the federal action plan to reduce childhood lead exposures “We are taking additional steps to identify and reduce lead contamination in schools across the county,” said EPA Regional Administrator Ken McQueen. “Preventing children from exposure to lead is an important public health priority for this administration.” Under EPA’s new Voluntary Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care grant program, EPA has awarded $43.7 million in grants towards funding the implementation of testing for lead in drinking water. This funding is a resource which creates or expands programs to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care programs in states and the District of Columbia. Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools will be used by the New Mexico to assist schools in implementing lead in drinking water testing including identifying sources of lead such as fountains. In addition, the agency is taking other significant actions to modernize aging water infrastructure and reduce exposure to lead, including:
Learn more about this grant and EPA’s WIIN grant programs at https://www.epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/safewater/grants As part of EPA’s 50th anniversary celebration, EPA recently announced the availability of approximately $40 million to assist disadvantaged communities and schools with removing sources of lead in drinking water. The funding opportunity is available now and will remain open for 60 days on www.grants.gov. 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.govhttps://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm # # # |
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来源平台 | us environmental protection agency (epa) |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/227908 |
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