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DEQ awards $869,000 to Birch Creek Culinary Water Company in Franklin County
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded an $869,000 low-interest drinking water construction loan to the Birch Creek Culinary Water Company in Franklin County, Idaho.
DEQ announces drinking water and wastewater funding opportunities for fiscal year 2027
October 17, 2025
BOISE –The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing fiscal year 2027 funding opportunities for Idaho’s drinking water and wastewater systems.
DEQ awards $50,000 to two Idaho drinking water systems
Contact: MaryAnna Peavey, Grants and Loans Bureau Chief, MaryAnna.Peavey@deq.idaho.gov
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $50,000 to two drinking water systems to help evaluate deficiencies and determine necessary upgrades.
The following systems received funding:
DEQ prepares IPDES preliminary draft permit for Moscow Water Reclamation Facility
September 12, 2025
MOSCOW – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to the Moscow Water Reclamation Facility for preliminary review.
DEQ seeks participation in private well sampling event in Star, Idaho
September 3, 2025
STAR – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reaching out to private well owners in the Northeast Star Nitrate Priority Area, near Star, Idaho, to participate in a sampling event.
DEQ prepares IPDES preliminary draft permit for city of Genesee wastewater treatment plant
August 27, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today released an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to the city of Genesee preliminary review.
DEQ seeks representatives for Upper Snake Basin Advisory Group
August 25, 2025
TWIN FALLS – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking representatives from the environmental and nonmunicipal permittee industries to fill two vacancies on the Upper Snake Basin Advisory Group (BAG).
DEQ seeks representative for Wood River Watershed Advisory Group
August 15, 2025
TWIN FALLS — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking a representative from the concentrated animal feeding operation or irrigated agriculture industry to fill a vacancy on the Wood River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).
UPDATED: DEQ extends participation deadline for private well sampling event in Burley, Idaho
August 14, 2025
BURLEY – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is extending the deadline for private well owners in the Marsh Creek Nitrate Priority Area to participate in a private well sampling event. Residents in the city of Burley south of the Snake River are encouraged to participate.
Nonpoint source management grant applications due July 15, 2025
July 8, 2025
BOISE – States, territories, and tribes interested in nonpoint source pollution management activities have until July 15, 2025, to submit applications under the federal § 319 grant program
DEQ awards $500,000 in lead service line funding to city of Soda Springs
June 3, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $500,000 in low-interest drinking water lead service line loan funding to the city of Soda Springs in Caribou County, Idaho.
DEQ awards $380,000 in emerging contaminant funding to two Idaho drinking water systems
July 2, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $380,000 in drinking water emerging contaminant construction loan funding to the Capitol Water Corporation and the city of Idaho Falls.