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U.S. EPA ANNOUNCES NEVADA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARD

Release Date: 8/4/1998
Contact Information: Lois Grunwald, U.S. EPA, (415) 744-1588

     (San Francisco)--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) today announced the award of a $5,000 environmental education grant to the University of Nevada in Reno.

     "Education is the key for people to understand the world around them and make meaningful choices in their lives and communities," said Felicia Marcus, U.S. EPA's regional administrator. "These grants will help young people to a greater understanding of how we are all linked and responsible for both our local and global environments."  

     Including the Nevada grant, EPA awarded grants totaling $200,000 to 25 organizations in the western states. Recipients of the grants include school districts, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, and city, county, tribal, regional and state government agencies.

     The grant, awarded under EPA's National Environmental Education Act (EEA), will provide funding to support projects that will address significant environmental issues. The organization will contribute matching funds. For more information on EPA's environmental education programs, access EPA's web site at: https://www.epa.gov/enviroed.

     The University of Nevada grant will fund a mobile engineering laboratory that will be used as an interactive educational tool for K-12 students in local and regional northern Nevada schools to  study the water environment. The lab, which will contain electronic and technical water monitoring kits, will enable students to experience science and engineering in an informal setting by asking questions, performing experiments, and analyzing results to solve real-world problems about water resources.  Students will focus on the parameters used to monitor water quality, and with the use of a model they will be able to study the various treatment processes used to ensure safe drinking water.  

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