April 17, 2024
The Salmon Basin Advisory Group is hosting a public meeting to review nonpoint source State Agriculture Best Management Practices Grant applications.
February 10, 2025
LEWISTON – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking representatives to fill four vacancies on the Clearwater River Upper Tributaries Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).
May 24, 2023
ASHTON – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Idaho Falls Regional Office is requesting permission to sample private wells within the Ashton-Drummond Nitrate Priority Area, which is known to be impacted by elevated nitrates in groundwater. DEQ’s priority will be to sample areas where aquifer flow directly contributes to local public drinking water sources. Nitrates in groundwater are a concern as elevated levels can prevent the body’s ability to use oxygen. Sensitive groups including infants under the age of six months are the most susceptible. The health-risk based federal drinking water standard for nitrate is 10 milligrams per liter.
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.
