The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide $9.7 million in grant funding to states to be used for monitoring bacterial presence at beaches and assessing the safety of these places for beachgoers, the agency said in a May 23 statement.
Funds shall be used to monitor the quality of water at coastal and Great Lakes beaches, with grant recipients required to “notify the public if elevated levels of illness-causing bacteria make swimming unsafe,” the EPA said.
“Millions of Americans will travel to the beach this summer to relax or play in the water. They will make lifelong memories and provide a boon to local economies,” said EPA acting Assistant Administrator for Water Peggy Browne….