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Surviving Radon: Jan Poulsen’s Story
Jan Poulsen, a non-smoker diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, tells her story of surviving stage 3 cancer caused by exposure to high levels of radon in her home.
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2019 State of the Environment Report
This week, DEQ released its annual State of the Environment Report. This end-of-year report provides a comprehensive look at agency activities and initiatives in 2019 that improved Utah’s environment and quality of life and created new economic opportunities.
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2019 State of the Environment Report
Explore Division Content Skip to a division using the buttons, below, or by using the report menu. Division of Water Quality Division of Drinking Water Division of Air Quality Division of Environmental Response and Remediation Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
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2019 State of the Environment Report
The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) protects surface and groundwater through programs designed to protect, maintain, and enhance the quality of Utah’s waters. To ensure that the state’s waters meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act and Utah Water Quality Act, DWQ: Develops water-quality standards. Issues discharge permits, inspects facilities, and enforces compliance of …
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2019 State of the Environment Report
The Division of Drinking Water (DDW) protects drinking water by supporting the safe design and operation of Utah’s public drinking water systems. Its goal is to provide safe drinking water at every tap in every building in Utah. The Division does this by working cooperatively with drinking water professionals and the public to ensure a …
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2019 State of the Environment Report
The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) works to ensure that the air in Utah meets health and visibility standards established under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). DAQ ensures the state’s compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and visibility standards at its national parks, enacts rules pertaining to air-quality standards, develops plans …
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2019 State of the Environment Report
The Division of Environmental Response and Remediation (DERR) protects public health and the environment by cleaning up chemically contaminated sites, ensuring that underground storage tanks are properly managed, and making important chemical usage and emission data available to local response agencies and the public. DERR’s programs provide a wide variety of cleanup and environmental response …
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2019 State of the Environment Report
The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) works continuously to ensure the proper management of solid and hazardous waste, guarantee the safe management of radioactive materials, provide education and outreach, and promote recycling efforts. DWMRC works closely with facilities to clean up waste-contaminated areas and establishes permit and licensing conditions that ensure that …
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Utah’s Environment: A Look Back at 2019
With the new year just around the corner, we thought it would be nice to take a look back. Here is a list of the 12 most popular blogs from 2019.
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Sole-Source Conversions Good for Air Quality, Homeowners
This week’s blog is from 2015 and highlights the popular woodstove exchange program. Last week, The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the 2020 registration schedule for the overwhelmingly popular grant program to convert operating wood-burning fireplaces to cleaner-burning natural gas or electric. Online registration will take place across the Wasatch Front and Cache …
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Healthy Watersheds for a Healthy Utah
Wherever you are, you’re standing in a watershed. Learn more about watersheds, DEQ’s role in protecting these precious water resources, and what you can do to help keep our watersheds healthy.
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I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
The holidays are typically a time to go all out. So many decisions to make—food, decorations, parties and gifts. This year, however, there’s something else to consider when you start decking the halls. How can this year be more environmentally friendly than the last? Here are seven ideas to help your dreams of a green Christmas come true.
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Geneva Steel Remediation Work
Coal Tar Pond near Vineyard, Utah
Preliminary Off-Site Air Monitoring Results Update Nov. 13, 2020 In Oct. 2020, U. S. Steel completed the cleanup of coal tar ponds at the Geneva Steel site in Vineyard. Coal tar deposited at the site was a by-product of the coking operations used in steel manufacturing at the plant. The Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) …
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Waste Not, Want Not: Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Programs Protect Utah Residents
Learn how the Utah DEQ Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control protects Utah residents through its waste, radiation, and recycling programs.
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Clearing a Path for Clean Air this Winter
This fall’s snow blower exchange in the Uinta Basin offered 150 Greenworks 80-volt electric snow blowers to help reduce ozone-forming emissions.
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#IamUtahDEQ: 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Update
The hard-working scientists of DWQ’s Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Program spent the past five months visiting and analyzing data from 800 sites across 65 different water bodies in Utah. Learn more about this valuable team in this week’s blog post.
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