Projects

The impacts of wastewater from municipal waste water treatment plants on fish health in the Quinnipiac River
Grant Number: 20120101
To support a study about the impacts of wastewater from municipal waste water treatment plants on fish health in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $18,000
University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Reports: Quinnipiac project report.pdf
Safe Grounds Campaign
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.
Reports: 20120062-The Watershed Partnership Final Report.pdf
Educate fishers on safe consumption of fish
Grant Number: 20120096
To support the education of fishers on safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and work with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in the area in appropriate languages as well as support an exchange program where Quinnipiac River fishers can trade their lead weights for non-lead weights.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $2,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Analyze Food Fish
Grant Number: 970242
To sample and analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $7,000
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Research & Analyze the River
Grant Number: 970245
To research and analyze the issue of river pollution by landfill leacheates in the Quinnipiac Watershedd, to plan Y begin implementation of "stream team" bio-assessment in two watershed sub-basins, & to improve office as a resource center.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association