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DEQ Announces CMI Beach Monitoring Grants
Counties receive nearly $100,000 in assistance
Nearly $100,000 in Clean Michigan Initiative grants will assist counties in monitoring water quality at beaches, Department of Environmental Quality Director Russell Harding announced today.
Five applications totaling $99,934 were approved.
"Michigan's lakes and beaches are a source of tremendous pride," Harding said. "Governor John Engler is committed to ensuring their quality through partnerships with local communities. These Clean Michigan Initiative dollars will provide tangible results by assisting counties in developing water-monitoring programs."
Recipients are:
St. Clair County Health Department($25,000) – The application was submitted jointly with the Sanilac County Health Department. The grant will be used by St. Clair County to develop a monitoring program for Sanilac County. Twenty-six beaches will be monitored once a week for over four months for E. coli. More frequent monitoring will be done if E. coli levels are above standards. St. Clair County will monitor three beaches on the
St. Clair River and 12 beaches on Lake Huron, with two of those being in state parks. Sanilac County will monitor seven beaches along the Lake Huron shoreline. The remaining four are on inland lakes.
Kalamazoo County Human Services Department ($35,000) – This is a group application for Allegan, Cass, Van Buren and Kalamazoo counties. Funds will be used to develop a multicounty monitoring program. Twenty-one beaches will be monitored five times per month over a five-month period. Seven
are on Lake Michigan, one is within a state park on Lake Michigan, and one is
within a state park on an inland lake. The remaining 12 are within city or county
parks on inland lakes.
District Health Department #4 ($16,782) – The application
was submitted on behalf of Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency and Presque Isle counties.
Funds will be used to develop a monitoring program. A total of 44 beaches will
be monitored once every other week over three months. Fifteen of the beaches are
along the Lake Huron shoreline, three of those beaches are in state parks on Lake
Huron, three are in state parks on inland lakes, and the remaining 26 are on inland
lakes.
Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency ($14,080) – The application
was submitted on behalf of Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties. The
counties will develop a monitoring program. Twenty-two beaches will be monitored
twice a week during a three-month period. Nine of the beaches are along Lake Michigan,
one of those beaches is within a state park along Lake Michigan, three are within
state parks on inland lakes, and the remaining 10 are on inland lakes.
Muskegon County Health Department ($9,065) – The grant will be used to develop a monitoring
program. Sixteen beaches will be monitored five times per month during a five-month
period. Four beaches are along Lake Michigan, three are within state parks along
Lake Michigan, two are within a state park on an inland lake, and the remaining
seven are on inland lakes.
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