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EPA Awards Tennessee $697,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water | |
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2020-04-21 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information: TENNESSEE (April 21, 2020) —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards $697,000 in grant funding to assist Tennessee with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools and childcare facilities. “Addressing childhood lead exposure from drinking water sources is a top EPA priority,” said EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker. “EPA is proud to help Tennessee protect children and families from lead exposure and invest in thoughtful, preventative actions." “We are grateful to the Environmental Protection Agency for this grant that will go toward addressing sources of lead in drinking water for our children,” David Salyers, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, said. “We are committed to ensuring the health and safety of Tennessee’s children, and we look forward to continuing coordination with other Tennessee departments toward that end.” 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. EPA’s 3Ts (Training, Testing, and Taking Action) for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools will be used by the grantee to assist schools in implementing lead in drinking water testing including identifying sources of lead such as fountains. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) and the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE), plan to address lead exposure from drinking water by testing drinking water in Head Start/Early Head Start facilities and TDHS-licensed child care centers. TDEC, TDH, TDHS, and TDOE, will utilize EPAs 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities guidance as a model to: 1) Communicate, throughout the implementation of the program, the results and important lead information to the public, parents, teachers, and larger community; The information gathered will be disseminated out to all parties and will be used to help reduce lead exposure by utilizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s 3T Guidance of Training, Testing and Taking Action. Background: 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 |
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来源平台 | us environmental protection agency (epa) |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/246285 |
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