The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Boise City officials have worked together to develop an innovative, cost-effective method of removing phosphorous from water flowing into the Boise River.…
Chemicals & Emerging Contaminants
New Jersey Develops Tight Standard for PFOA in Drinking Water
In response to U.S. EPA’s health advisory on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is proposing the nation’s first enforceable PFOA drinking water standard. PFOA, a…
DC Announces Funding for Watershed Restoration and Education
The District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is offering grants to eligible entities to help control, prevent, and remediate nonpoint sources of polluted runoff to DC waters and the…
Iowa Works to Promote Brownfield Redevelopment via Community Outreach
Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources will conduct a workshop later this month to help communities identify resources to redevelop and revitalize areas with environmental contamination. The workshop, titled Funding Economic…
Minnesota Remediation Division Introduces New Vapor Intrusion BMPs
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Remediation Division recently announced its development of five Vapor Intrusion (VI) Best Management Practices. The VI map templates illustrate vapor sources, investigation locations, and…
Arkansas DEQ Offers Statewide Training on Electronic Reporting
Following the adoption of U.S. EPA’s Electronic Reporting Rule last December, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is providing free training classes this summer across the state to assist…
Alabama Department of Public Health Issues Fish Consumption Advisories
On June 20, the Alabama Department of Public Health released its 2016 fish consumption advisories, a list of recommendations on how much of certain species of fish caught in specific locations…
Ohio, Wisconsin to Increase Funding for Lead Infrastructure
In the wake of the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, two other states – Ohio and Wisconsin – appear poised to increase support for communities to protect against lead contamination…
New Mexico Training Communities on Brownfields
In order to help communities better understand the opportunities presented by brownfields, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), in conjunction with the Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program at Kansas State…
Initiation of Emerging Contaminants Characterization and Response Actions for Protection of Human Health
This issue paper is one in a series of papers being developed by the ECOS-DoD Sustainability Work Group’s Emerging Contaminants (EC) Task Group.
