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  • Cybersecurity

    On March 18, 2024, the White House issued a press release addressed to governors nationwide, alerting them to a critical security threat facing water and wastewater systems in the U.S.. The communication highlighted that water systems, both large and small, are being targeted by foreign entities with malicious intent. The threat actors are actively seeking…

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  • Summer Air Quality Concerns

    As the warm temperatures arrive in Utah, so does summer ozone pollution. Unlike winter’s thick inversions, ozone is odorless and colorless, and can typically not be seen with the eye. Reducing emissions from a number of sources is critical in limiting the formation of ozone.

  • Charge Your Yard Incentive Program 

    Small, gas-powered lawn equipment causes a lot of air pollution. In fact, using a 2-stroke gas-powered leaf blower for one hour is the same as driving the average vehicle 727 miles.

  • DEQ Announces New Interactive Recycling Map

    The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) has developed a new tool to help the public locate recycling, solid waste, and used oil collection center facilities.

  • Division of Waste Management & Radiation Control Statement:
    Intent to Deny Promontory Point Resources’ Class V Landfill Application

    SALT LAKE CITY – After thorough review of the Promontory Point Resources, LLC, application to reclassify its Class I Promontory Point Landfill to a Class V commercial nonhazardous solid waste facility, the Director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) has issued a statement of basis with the rational explaining the intent…

  • 2023 State of the Environment

    The Department of Environmental Quality State of the Environment report highlights the many accomplishments and successes our agency has had throughout the previous year. Click the tabs below to view each Division’s 2023 metrics, success stories, and quotes from partners. 

  • Public Participation

    Title VI The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or service that it provides on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age, in violation of Title VI of…

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  • Training Videos: Interactive Map

    General tutorials How to use the map, links and map controls, map search options, and the search overview capabilities. How to search using the polygon tool. How to search data layers using filters. Drinking water data Water sources (wells, springs, and intakes) used by public water systems, and associated drinking water source protection zones. Water…

  • Lead

    Lead is a heavy metal found naturally in the environment and manufactured products such as lead-acid batteries, lead-based paints, leaded glass, solder, chemicals, and older water distribution systems with lead pipes, solders, and fittings. Lead is a persistent chemical that accumulates in soils, aquatic systems, sediments, and some plants, animals, and other organisms. Since 1990,…

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