Last week the Baker-Polito Administration awarded over $1.4M to six projects across Massachusetts including to Essex County through MVPC. This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding is awarded by MassDEP through the 319 Grant Program which focuses on the implementation of measures to control nonpoint source (NPS) pollution to surface and groundwater.

MVPC partnered with the Merrimack River Watershed Council (MRWC) on the grant and together they will serve as Regional Non-Point Source Coordinators within the Merrimack River Basin in Essex County. MVPC and MRWC will work with communities to identify meaningful and effective projects that advance water quality improvements and will work to protect water quality in healthy watersheds through land management and protection.

Read more about non-point source pollution and the grant awards at this link.