Updated at 3:50 p.m. MT on July 24, 2026: DEQ issued an Air Quality Advisory for 12 Idaho counties: Ada, Boundary, Bonner, Canyon, Clearwater, Gem, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Payette, and Washington Counties, where all burning is prohibited. Take steps to protect your health and check DEQ’s air quality advisories map for future burn decisions.
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BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $860,000 in low-interest drinking water lead service line loan funding to the City of Arco in Butte County, Idaho.
March 2, 2023
BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of $35,250,951 in construction grants to ten drinking water and wastewater systems.
April 5, 2024
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $1,985,620 low-interest drinking water construction loan to the city of Council in Adams County, Idaho.
April 12, 2023
CRAIGMONT — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $1,801,059 low-interest wastewater construction loan to the city of Craigmont in Lewis County.