DEQ seeks participation in private well sampling event in Burley, Idaho
July 18, 2025
BURLEY – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reaching out to private well owners in the Marsh Creek Nitrate Priority Area, located in the Burley area south of the Snake River, to participate in a private well sampling event.
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.
DEQ awards nearly $4 million to city of Murtaugh in Twin Falls County
July 1, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded a $3,957,000 low-interest drinking water construction loan to the city of Murtaugh in Twin Falls County, Idaho.
Protect yourself and your pets from harmful algal blooms this summer
June 26, 2025
BOISE – Summer is peak season for harmful algal blooms (also known as blue-green algae, cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms, or HABs) and Idahoans are reminded to stay safe and protect their pets when recreating in and around water.
DEQ prepares IPDES preliminary draft permit for JK Potatoes LLC hydrocooling facility
June 26, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to JK Potatoes LLC for preliminary review. The facility has ten days to review the preliminary draft permit and fact sheet for any errors and omissions that should be addressed before the public participation period.
DEQ awards $2.8 million to city of Harrison
June 25, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $2,880,000 in low-interest drinking water emerging contaminant construction loan funding to city of Harrison in Kootenai County, Idaho.
DEQ awards $730,000 to King Hill Domestic Water and Sewer Users Association, Inc.
June 25, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $730,000 in low-interest drinking water emerging contaminant construction loan funding to King Hill Water and Sewer Users Association, Inc. Elmore County, Idaho.
DEQ awards nearly $700,000 to city of Arco
June 12, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $695,250 in low-interest drinking water lead service line loan funding to the city of Arco in Butte County, Idaho.
UPDATED: DEQ extends deadline for Lower North Fork Clearwater River Watershed Advisory Group membership
June 4, 2025
LEWISTON – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is extending the deadline for Lower North Fork Clearwater River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG) membership to June 30, 2025.
DEQ awards $3.9 million in emerging contaminant funding to two Idaho water systems
June 2, 2025
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $3,932,000 in drinking water emerging contaminant construction loan funding to YMCA Camp at Horsethief Reservoir and the city of St. Maries.
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