Buffalo getting $500K US grant for water quality

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The city of Buffalo is receiving a $500,000 federal grant to improve water quality in Lake Erie.

The award was announced Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA officials say it will fund green infrastructure projects that will help prevent storm water from carrying contamination into the lake.

The city of Buffalo and the Buffalo Sewer Authority will use the grant, along with $500,000 from Empire State Development, to install porous asphalt, storm water planters and rain gardens along a one-mile section of Niagara Street along the Niagara River, which flows from Lake Erie.

Authorities say the projects will control up to 4.9 million gallons of storm water runoff per year and reduce the amount of road salt, oil and sediment flowing into the river.

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Information from: The Buffalo News, https://www.buffalonews.com