EPA - "EPA to Award Over a Half Billion in Funding to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York"

Title: EPA to Award Over a Half Billion in Funding to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York Source: EPA Data/Action: News Releases Date: 5/2/2013 Text Preview: ...Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York Release Date: 05/02/2013 Contact Information: John Martin, (212) 637-3662, martin.johnj@epa.gov ; Stacy Kika, 202-564-0906, Kika.stacy@epa.gov (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will provide grants of $340 million to the state of New York and $229 million to the state of New Jersey for improvements to wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The funding announced today will help storm-damaged...

...storm on Oct. 29, 2012. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, wastewater and drinking water treatment systems in New York and New Jersey were so severely damaged that some could not provide safe drinking water or treat raw sewage. The funding announced today will give states the capacity to further reduce risks of flood damage and increase the resiliency of wastewater and drinking water facilities to withstand the effects of severe storms similar to Sandy. “As communities continue to recover following Hurricane...

...Hurricane Sandy-sized storms,” said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "This funding will help vulnerable communities in New Jersey and New York become more resilient to the effects of climate change.” These funds, which will be provided to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, were authorized by the Disaster...