The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) lists a section on its Recycle Indiana homepage for tips to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste from the holiday season. It lists county…
Archives for December 2016
New Hampshire’s ‘Green SnowPro’ Protects Against Winter Damage
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has figured out how to ease winter stresses on businesses, property owners, and the environment. In 2013, the agency created “Green SnowPro,”…
Delaware Engages Public in Website Renovation
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is rebuilding its website and asking the public for help. The agency’s web and digital media project, called “The Web…
Idaho DEQ Establishes Local Fine PM Air Quality Advisory Group
In response to long-standing particulate concerns, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is establishing the City of Salmon Airshed Advisory Group and seeking citizen participation. Smoke from woodstoves combined…
Virginia Amends Waste Bulb-Crushing Rules
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently amended its regulations for universal waste (UW) lamp crushing to include new compliance requirements for UW lamp generators that crush at their…
Montana Approves Completed Mine Reclamation
On December 12, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a complete reclamation at four mine areas, totaling more than 1,400 acres of reclaimed mine land. DEQ evaluated completed…
Delaware CWSRF Finances Replacement of 102-Year-Old Sewage Pipes
The Delaware Department of Parks and Recreation has turned to the Delaware Clean Water State Revolving Fund to replace more than 6,200 feet of cracked sewer pipes at Cape Henlopen…
Kentucky to Extend Funding for Source Water Protection
The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) is making funding available for source water protection projects through the Source Water Protection Assistance Program (SWPAP). Protecting source water is a common-sense approach…
New Hampshire’s lnstream Flow Protection Program
When it comes to managing rivers for water quantity, the key question is, “How much is too little?” This is a particularly vexing issue given the dynamic nature of both…
Missouri’s Lincoln University Wetland Restoration Project
Wetlands play an important role in water quality and filtration, aquifer recharge, flood control, phytoremediation, and biodiversity. To demonstrate the benefits of wetlands, Lincoln University (LU) has restored a 12-acre…
