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NJ?s Plan to Strengthen Environmental Health Capacity to Detect, Prevent, and Control Private Well Drinking Water Health Hazards through Data-driven, Evidence-based Outreach Approaches

Award Number: NUE1EH001413
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

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An estimated 1 million people in New Jersey (NJ) receive their drinking water from private wells. Since the adoption of the NJ Private Well Testing Act (NJ PWTA) in 2002, which requires the testing and reporting of raw private well water at real estate transfer, over 100,000 wells have been tested in NJ; however, this represents only 25% of the estimated wells in the state. Of the wells required to test for gross alpha and arsenic through NJ PWTA, 10.9% exceeded the standard for gross alpha and an additional 8.3% exceeded for the NJ arsenic standard; making these two naturally occurring contaminants the two most commonly detected hazardous contaminants in NJ private well water. NJ’s Departments of Health (NJDOH) and Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will work in partnership to continue and improve upon identified evidence-based private well interventions to reduce hazards from private well drinking water in NJ with CDC support. This application for Component A and Component B1 uses CDC identified strategies and proposed evidence-based activities to address, prevent and control hazardous private well drinking water from naturally occurring contamination; contribute to the field of private well outreach interventions; and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these interventions. Component A aims to systematically evaluate public and private environmental water quality data sources to identify schools and the communities they serve that are most at-risk to exposure from private well drinking water contamination from naturally occurring contaminants. Subsequently, the program will implement and evaluate a school-based private well educational and testing event. Together with interested school and community partners, program staff will conduct and evaluate this evidence-based private well outreach strategy. Component B1 aims to systematically update NJ PWTA summary data for public access and to analyze this data to identify the highest well water exceedances for gross alpha and other naturally occurring contaminants and provide follow-up education and free testing opportunities to these homeowners. Subsequently, an evidence-based strategy of identifying households at-risk to hazardous drinking water and providing free testing to neighbors of the highest exceedances will be implemented. This neighbors-outreach effort will be performed in coordination with local health departments, which will be provided with training and funding opportunities to better utilize NJ PWTA data for the identification of at-risk well owners within their own communities. The proposed activities for both Component A and B1 will utilize the following CDC strategies to accomplish outcomes: strengthen the use of environmental health data sources including NJ PWTA and available drinking water quality data sources; identify and prevent private well drinking water hazards through evidence-based intervention; and assess the effectiveness of these interventions.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	4	10/17/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	4	10/17/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2021	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	4	10/17/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2020	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	4	10/17/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $147,000 )
2023	2023	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	4	7/5/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$147,000
2023	2022	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	4	7/5/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	3	12/8/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2021	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	4	7/5/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	3	12/8/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2020	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N WILLOW ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	4	7/5/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2020	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	3	12/8/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $147,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $140,000 )
2022	2022	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	3	9/30/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2022	Health, New Jersey Department of	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	3	6/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$140,000
2022	2021	Health, New Jersey Department of	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	3	6/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2021	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	3	9/30/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2020	Health, New Jersey Department of	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	3	6/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2020	HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF	55 N Willow St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	3	9/30/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $140,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $140,000 )
2021	2021	Health, New Jersey Department of	369 S Warren St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	2	6/25/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$140,000
2021	2020	Health, New Jersey Department of	369 S Warren St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	2	6/25/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2020	Health, New Jersey Department of	369 S Warren St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	1	2/26/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$140,000
2021	2020	Health, New Jersey Department of	369 S Warren St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	1	3/26/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$140,000
														Subtotal = $140,000

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $140,000 )
2020	2020	Health, New Jersey Department of	369 S Warren St	Trenton	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	1	8/25/2020	NEW	$140,000
														Subtotal = $140,000

Grand Total All Awards = $567,000

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NJ?s Plan to Strengthen Environmental Health Capacity to Detect, Prevent, and Control Private Well Drinking Water Health Hazards through Data-driven, Evidence-based Outreach Approaches

Award Number: NUE1EH001413

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

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