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
Mercury Contamination
Grant Number: 20040390
To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and  identify sources and hotspots.
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration