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The FA BLM AZ Lake Havasu Watershed/Water Quality Assessment grant opportunity focuses on improving the water quality and managing stormwater in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, a community of 53,000 residents. The city, covering 42 square miles and featuring ten drainage basins, is implementing a Stormwater Management Plan approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to address potential pollution from stormwater runoff into Lake Havasu.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers areas below 450 feet elevation in the lake, where water levels fluctuate seasonally. Maintaining water quality is essential for recreation, wildlife, and various domestic and industrial purposes. Collaborating with the BLM, Lake Havasu City has developed a sampling and assessment protocol to analyze water and soil conditions, especially after significant flooding events, like one that occurred in July 2012, which drastically altered local habitats and sediment conditions.

The grant will fund a five-year project aimed at collecting water and soil samples during sporadic rain events to monitor changes in the lake's conditions. The assessment will include sampling stations at the drainage basin deltas, focusing on water quality parameters such as salinity, nutrients, metals, and pathogens. Additionally, the project will assess sediment deposits and evaluate shifts in flood-impacted vegetation.

Baseline concentrations of salinity will be monitored in relation to the Havasu 280 area, which is leased for recreational development by Lake Havasu City. The project findings will culminate in a final report detailing results and recommendations, to be delivered within two years of the agreement's start date.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FA BLM AZ Lake Havasu Watershed/Water Quality Assessment" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.236 Environmental Quality and Protection Resource Management.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 25, 2014 and posted on Jun 25, 2014.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 28, 2014 The electronic submission into Grants.gov is due 28 July 2014@ 1700 Pacific Standard Time. A proposal received after the closing date and time will not be considered for award. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $31,108.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $31,108.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
• SECTION III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION A. Eligible Applicants Anyone B. Cost Sharing or Matching None

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