The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has adopted a Cyber Informed Engineering (CIE) approach to water cybersecurity.
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ECOS Green Report: Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets, Fiscal Years 2020 to 2023
This Green Report analyzes and discusses state environmental agency budget funding from FY2020-FY2023.
Idaho Helps Communities Prepare for Water System Funding Shortfalls
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced a drinking water and wastewater systems workshop on September 4 to discuss what communities can do when a crucial project does…
Idaho Encourages Public to ‘#PlaySafe’ around Harmful Algal Blooms
With summer in full swing, Idaho, like many other states, is finding harmful algal blooms (HABs) in water bodies across the state. To help raise public awareness, the Idaho Department…
Western States Water Council PFAS Roundtable Summary
Summarizes the discussion of the January 18, 2023 states-only roundtable discussion on PFAS challenges and opportunities for coordination and policy resolution.
Common Business Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for business waste. Topics listed include universal waste, spent solvents, sumps, electronics, pharmaceuticals.
Residential Waste Disposal
This guidance highlights best management practices for household waste. Topics listed include hazardous waste, electronics, mercury spills, pharmaceuticals, and used oil.
Idaho Promotes Cleaner Air with #WoodstoveWednesday
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reaching out to residents through an ongoing series of Facebook posts encouraging them to reduce air pollution from their woodstoves used by…
Idaho Eyes Major Water Infrastructure Investments
Idaho’s budget plans call for $300 million of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, estimated at $1.1 billion, to be spent over the next five years to upgrade…
Idaho Develops Two-Year Plan for Water Quality Permitting Issuance
On the heels of its assumption of water quality permitting authority, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released its 2022 Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (IPDES) Permit…