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Tag: Department of Environmental Quality

Technology, toilets could make Arizona flush with drinking water

It’s often referred to informally as “toilet-to-tap” technology. And, yes, there’s an “ick” factor. But Arizonans eventually will be drinking treated sewage – what the state Department of Environmental Quality...

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It’s time to have honest debate about water

In Arizona, there are few statements truer and purer than the common refrain: Water is Life. It is a cruel irony, then, that the laws and...

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State ramps up study of Valley Fever, ozone

A new partnership between the state’s three universities and several state agencies aims to increase understanding of issues like Valley Fever and ozone levels in Arizona – and come up...

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Bill limiting electricity competition gets Ducey’s OK

Gov. Doug Ducey signed two bills this week making big changes to energy policy in Arizona.  On April 26, Ducey signed House Bill 2101, which repeals language passed in 1998...

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Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards

The state agency responsible for protecting the environment has failed to perform many required tasks in monitoring groundwater for pollution — in some cases for 29 years. In a new...

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Dirty air, weak enforcement hurt Arizona during COVID-19

In the middle of any crisis, Arizonans expect our leaders to use every tool at their disposal to do what is best for our communities. But as the coronavirus pandemic...

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EPA guidelines are a calamity in the making

For months, we heard the resounding warnings about how new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at power generation could affect Arizona consumers and businesses. Now that the agency’s proposal has...

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State receives fed money for cleanup projects

Arizona has received federal stimulus money for cleanup of contamination from leaking underground fuel storage tanks throughout Arizona. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday it received $3.2 million...

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