EPA grants to help with runoff pollution in Oklahoma waters

Almost $432,000 will go to the priority watershed implementation projects for Eucha/Spavinaw, Illinois River and Honey Creek watersheds. The remaining $176,000 will be used for sediment and phosphorus load reduction and stream bank stabilization projects.

Apart from the special allocation announced Thursday, Oklahoma normally gets about $2.4 million in federal funding each year toward nonpoint source pollution mitigation, said Gayle Bartholomew, environmental grants manager for the office.