Clean Ocean Action Receives EPA Region II Equipment Loan Grant for 2018

Clean Ocean Action has been selected by USEPA Region II for the 2018 IDEXX Equipment Loan Grant for Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring.  Under this program, EPA Region II will loan COA all IDEXX equipment and accessories, and also provide training on how to use the equipment for pathogen and water quality monitoring. 

Citizen science efforts are increasingly being recommended as viable strategies for pollution monitoring, if these sampling/monitoring methods meet the quality requirements of NJDEP.  Easy-to-use, less-cumbersome, yet promising and effective methods such as the proposed IDEXX method(s) can be tremendously useful in citizen science screening/monitoring watersheds for water quality and pathogen pollution.  COA will collaborate with NJDEP, NJ Sea Grant Consortium, Marine Academy of Science and Technology and Brookdale Community College. Stay tuned for updates.