[미국] 루이지애나, 환경보호국의 보조금 수여

루이지애나의 야생 및 어업부(LDWF)가 주의 멕시코만 일대의 수질 검사를 위해 환경보호국으로부터 48만8천 달러의 보조금을 받았다고 밝혔다. 샘플 결과는 환경보호국의 국가 해변상태평가(NCCA)에 반영될 예정이다. 

NCCA는 환경보호국과 주 협력기관이 미국 해변과 대서양 수질에 대해 지역, 국가적 평가를 제공하기 위해 실시되고 있으며 국가 해변지역의 물을 조사한다. 조사의 일환으로 LDWF는 루이지애나 해안지대와 하구 퇴적지 97개의 장소의 퇴적물과 물을 표본조사 할 예정이다.

NCCA는 강과 호수, 만, 습지, 연안 해역을 보호하기 위한 수질오염방지법을 지원하고 있다. 또한, 홍수로 불어난 물을 가두고, 지하수 재충전, 오염원 제거, 어류와 야생동물에게 서식지를 제공함으로써 강과 습지가 지역사회에 도움이 되도록 지원하고 있다.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has recently received $485,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test water quality along the state's Gulf Coast. The sampling results will contribute to EPA's National Coastal Conditions Assessment (NCCA).

The NCCA is a survey of the nation's coastal waters, which EPA and state partners conduct to provide regional and national estimates of water quality along U.S. coasts and the Great Lakes. As part of the survey, LDWF will sample water and sediment from 97 sites along Louisiana's coastline and estuaries.

This sampling will be part of the 2015 NCCA. EPA and its state partners have completed several such surveys since 2001, using statistical sampling to gauge the condition of water quality, sediment quality, fish tissue contaminants, and the ecosystems of coastal and estuary beds. Scientists, researchers and federal, state and local environmental officials use the survey results to compare these conditions across the country and over time.

The NCCA supports the goals of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to protect rivers, lakes, bays, wetlands, and coastal waters. Streams and wetlands benefit communities by trapping floodwaters, recharging groundwater supplies, removing pollution, and providing habitats for fish and wildlife.

Families and farms located downstream understand the importance of healthy headwaters upstream. One in three Americans receive their drinking water from public systems that rely on seasonal and rain-dependent streams. EPA is taking public comment on a rule to help protect these waters.

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 8월 27일]