Awards Granted To The Hualapai Tribe

ADEQ Director Steve Owens announced the awarding a $102,160 grant to the Hualapai Tribe to fund 2 water quality improvement projects.

The 1st project, for the amount of $50,000, will stabilize the banks around the composting restroom at Spencer Beach along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Currently, erosion is the restrooms biggest threat. The project is to prevent the future loss of the restroom & potential contamination of the Colorado River.

The 2nd project, in the amount of $52,160, will install a composting restroom at the helipad landing area located next to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Right now, there are no restrooms in the vicinity for tourists to use before leaving on Grand Canyon river boat tours. The result is, human waste is being deposited along the nearby vegetation which eventually makes it the Colorado River.

The grant is funded with federal dollars provided to ADEQ under the Clean Water Act.