Projects
Grant Number: 20190131
To support a Public Works Department pilot program to retrofit hooded outlet protection on ten existing stormwater catch basins that are in stormwater systems that outlet to the Quinnipiac River or one of its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $3,000
City of Meriden
Contact Information
Emile Pierides
epierides@meridenct.gov
www.meridenct.gov/government/departments/public-works/
Grant Number: 20170094
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support preliminary analysis of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $14,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20170089
To support measuring mercury in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River's watershed to see where it exceeds safety thresholds.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $19,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20170090
To support Lunch and Learn sessions for municipal department of public works crews in the lower Quinnipiac watershed for best practices in stormwater pollution prevention; enforcement of public access site at Little River, a Quinnipiac tributary at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven; education of phosphorus control; and monitoring of pollution and diversion permits.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $10,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesSCCT.org
Grant Number: 20160127
To support the study of the risk of runoff from artificial turf fields into the Quinnipiac River's watershed.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $16,700
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20140150
to support the study of pH variations and the resulting changes in copper's bioavailability and toxicity in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $16,517
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20130078
To support the measurement of hexavalent chromium concentrations and chemical behavior in stormwater within the Quinnipiac River watershed and in the Quinnipiac River itself with the condition to obtain studies about the Quinnipiac River from the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $15,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20120062
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of toxic lawn pesticides in the Quinnipiac River watershed and throughout Connecticut.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
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Grant Number: 940078
For a yearround sampling of various species to estimate incidences of erythrocyte micronucleation to evaluate effects on health fish.
Year Issued: 1994 | Amount: $3,400
National Marine Fisheries Service
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