I-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo yase-US ilindele ukunika imali ephakathi kwe-1.8 ne-3.8 yezigidi zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali yeeprojekthi kwilizwe lonke ukunceda ukubuyisela amanzi ezidolophini ngokuphucula umgangatho wamanzi kunye nokuxhasa ukuvuselelwa koluntu. Le nkxaso-mali yinxalenye yenkqubo ye-EPA's Urban Waters, exhasa uluntu kwiinzame zabo zokufikelela, ukuphucula, nokuxhamla kumanzi asezidolophini nakwimihlaba ebangqongileyo. Amanzi asezidolophini anempilo nafikelelekayo anokunceda ukukhulisa amashishini asekuhlaleni kunye nokuphucula amathuba emfundo, olonwabo nawomsebenzi kwiindawo ezikufutshane.
Injongo yenkqubo ye-Urban Waters Small Grants kukuxhasa ngemali uphando, izifundo, uqeqesho, kunye neeprojekthi zokubonisa eziza kuqhubela phambili ukubuyiselwa kwamanzi asezidolophini ngokuphucula umgangatho wamanzi ngokusebenzisa imisebenzi ekwaxhasa ukuvuselelwa koluntu kunye nezinye izinto eziphambili zendawo ezifana nempilo yoluntu, amathuba ezentlalo kunye nezoqoqosho, ukuhlala ngokubanzi kunye nobulungisa bendalo kubahlali. Imizekelo yeeprojekthi ezifanele ukufumana inkxaso-mali ziquka:
• Imfundo noqeqesho lokuphucula umgangatho wamanzi okanye imisebenzi yeziseko ezingundoqo zohlaza
• Ukufundiswa koluntu ngeendlela zokunciphisa ungcoliseko lwamanzi
• Iinkqubo zasekuhlaleni zokubeka iliso kubulunga bamanzi
• Ukubandakanya abachaphazelekayo abohlukeneyo ukuphuhlisa izicwangciso zamanzi zasekhaya
• Iiprojekthi ezisungulayo eziphakamisa umgangatho wamanzi asekuhlaleni kunye neenjongo zokuvuselela uluntu
I-EPA ilindele ukunika izibonelelo ngeHlobo lika-2012.
Isaziso kubafaki-zicelo: Ngokuhambelana noMgaqo-nkqubo woKhuphiswano lweSivumelwano soNcedo lwe-EPA (uMyalelo we-EPA 5700.5A1), abasebenzi be-EPA abayi kudibana nabafaki-zicelo ngabanye ukuze baxoxe ngeziphakamiso eziqulunqiweyo, banike izimvo ezingekho sikweni kwiziphakamiso eziqulunqiweyo, okanye banike iingcebiso kubafaki-zicelo malunga nendlela yokusabela kwiikhrayitheriya zokulinganisa. Abafaki-zicelo banoxanduva lokuqulathwe zizindululo zabo. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuhambelana namalungiselelo kwisibhengezo, i-EPA iya kuphendula imibuzo evela kumfaki-sicelo ngamnye malunga neendlela zokufaneleka zomqobo, imiba yolawulo enxulumene nokungeniswa kwesindululo, kunye nezicelo zokucaciswa malunga nesibhengezo. Imibuzo mayingeniswe ngembalelwano nge-imeyile ku-urbanwaters@epa.gov kwaye kufuneka ifunyenwe yi-Arhente yoQhagamshelwano, uJi-Sun Yi, ngoJanuwari 16, 2012 kwaye iimpendulo ezibhaliweyo ziya kuthunyelwa kwiwebhusayithi ye-EPA ku-http://www.epa.gov/
Imihla emazikhunjulwe:
• Umhla wokugqibela wokungenisa izindululo: NgoJanuwari 23, 2012.
• Iiwebinars ezimbini malunga neli thuba lenkxaso-mali: Disemba 14, 2011 kunye noJanuwari 5, 2012.
• Umhla wokugqibela wokungenisa imibuzo: NgoJanuwari 16, 2012
Izixhumanisi ezihambelanayo:
• Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe vetshe ngenkqubo ye-EPA's Urban Waters, tyelela http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters.
• Inkqubo ye-EPA's Urban Waters ixhasa iinjongo kunye nemithetho-siseko ye-Urban Waters Federal Partnership, intsebenziswano yee-arhente zomdibaniso ezili-11 ezisebenza ukudibanisa uluntu lwasezidolophini neendlela zabo zamanzi. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-Urban Waters Federal Partnership, tyelela http://urbanwaters.gov.