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Revised On: Dec. 16th, 2024 - 10:21 am

Recent Press Releases:

12/16/24 — ADEQ Celebrates 50 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act Achieving Major Milestone Testing for PFAS | Read More >

11/19/24 — ADEQ Elevates Air Quality Awareness with Revamped Flag Program Focused on Arizona Communities Facing Air Quality Challenges | Read More >

11/15/24 — ADEQ Announces 80 Percent of Arizona Public Water Systems have Completed Required LSL Inventory – Over 2.3M Water Service Lines Assessed to Date | Read More >

11/12/24 — ADEQ Launches Enhanced Permits in Process Interactive Map and Reporting Tool | Read More >

11/04/24 — ADEQ Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemakings for Advanced Water Purification | Read More >

10/22/24 — ADEQ Expands Hourly Air Quality Forecasts  | Read More >

9/24/24 — ADEQ and Town of Star Valley Launch PFAS Mitigation Project for Safe Drinking Water Backed by Governor’s Office | Read More >

9/19/24 — ADEQ’s Award-Winning Community Science Program Expands Environmental Volunteer and Educational Opportunities | Read More >

9/18/24 — ADEQ’s Emergency Actions Address Immediate Environmental Threats to Hassayampa River from Senator Mine | Read More >

9/17/24 — State & Federal Agencies Host Hybrid Community Meeting about AZ Prescribed Fires/Smoke Management | Read More >

9/4/2024 — ADEQ and Gila County Launch Remediation Project to Protect Arizona’s Groundwater |  Read More >

7/26/24 — ADEQ’s Review of Circle K Chino Valley Fuel Release Shows No Current Threat to Drinking Water | Read More >

7/26/24 — ADEQ Takes Action Against Thatcher Company of Arizona, Inc. | Read More >

7/9/24 — ADEQ Forges Ahead on Advanced Water Purification Rules and Seeks Public Input | Read More >

6/25/24 — ADEQ Takes Immediate Action at Senator Mine in Yavapai County to Protect Hassayampa River and Ensure Public Safety | Read More >

6/4/2024 — Arizonans Invited to Help Shape State Solid Waste Management Plan | Read More >

5/24/2024 — ADEQ Announces First Well Plugged in Arizona under New Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Program | Read More >

4/24/2024 — Lung Association 2024 State of the Air Report Highlights Air Quality Concerns | Read More >

4/2/2024 — ADEQ's Pollution Prevention Program Announces Online Training for Auto Shops | Read More >

3/26/2024 — ADEQ Encourages Public Participation in Boundary Recommendation Process for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) | Read More >

3/19/2024 — ADEQ Announces Recipients of $1 Million in Recycling Grant Awards to Advance Circular Economy in Arizona | Read More >

3/13/2024 — ADEQ Partners with the Town of Payson to Tackle Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Local Drinking Water Systems | Read More >

3/1/2024 — Circle K Reports 86,000 Gallon Fuel Release in the Town of Chino Valley — Initial private well tests in the area show no impacts; Environmental investigation underway | Read More >

2/28/2024 — ADEQ Terminates Minerals Research, Inc. General Air Quality Permit; Cottonwood Facility Now Authorized to Operate under Individual Permit Application | Read More >

2/21/2024 — ADEQ Terminates Minerals Research, Inc. Consent Order Revoking the Facility’s Authorization to Operate | Read More >

1/17/2024 — Governor Hobbs’ $5 Million PFAS Funding Helps City of Globe and Other Small Public Water Systems Serve Healthy Drinking Water | Read More >

1/11/2024 — ADEQ Welcomes 99 New Members of Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program in 2023 & Encourages Community Nominations | Read More >

2023 Press Releases:

11/2/2023 — ADEQ Unveils Proposed Roadmap for Transforming Recycled Water into Safe, Reliable Purified Water; Encourages Public Participation | Read More >

10/31/2023 — ADEQ Announces Julie Riemenschneider as Waste Programs Division Director | Read More >

10/3/2023 — ADEQ Announces $1 Million in Recycling Grant Funding | Read More >

9/12/2023 — ADEQ Announces Appointees to the Arizona Recycling Advisory Committee | Read More > 

7/11/2023 — ADEQ Launches Arizona Brownfields Grant Story Map | Read More > 

6/20/20203 — ADEQ Seeks Applications for Recycling Committee | Read More > 

4/20/2023 — ADEQ announces the launch of Oil and Gas Orphaned Well program  | Read More >