The state has issued a new health alert for harmful algal blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Rockford Lake in Gage County, and alerts continue at Iron Horse Trail Lake in Pawnee County and Pawnee Lake in Lancaster County.

July 3, 2017 -- The 2018 Litter Reduction and Recycling Incentive grant applications will be available online August 15th to Sept. 13th, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. CST. Please visit the following webpage for more information: /forms/publications-grants-forms/was066

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services today announced a Memorandum of Agreement to improve coordination of Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Water Act programs. Through the agreement, 24 DHHS staff will move to shared office space with NDEQ wastewater staff effective August 1, 2017, and seven DHHS field staff will begin working with NDEQ field staff.

Governor Pete Ricketts said the agreement is an effective means of ensuring improved services to Nebraska’s communities.

The state has issued new health alerts for harmful algal blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Kirkman’s Cove in Richardson County and Swan Creek Lake 5A in Saline County, and alerts continue at Rockford Lake in Gage County and Iron Horse Trail Lake in Pawnee County. An alert has ended at Pawnee Lake in Lancaster County.

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has announced that a public hearing will be held Aug. 8 in Fremont to accept testimony on a proposed air quality construction permit for Lincoln Premium Poultry for a chicken hatchery located at 1015 East Cloverly, a poultry processing plant located at 1325 East Cloverly, and an animal feed mill located at 2045 South Downing, Fremont.

July 19, 2017 -- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is inviting proposals for funding under the Nebraska Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program authorized through Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act as administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Applications must be received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

For more information about the procedures for Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Project proposals, go to:
 

The state has issued a new health alert for harmful algal blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Swan Creek Lake 5A in Saline County, and an alert continues at Kirkman’s Cove in Richardson County.

The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2018 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar. The statewide contest is sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) and focuses on the importance of waste reduction, recycling and litter cleanup.

The state has issued a new health alert for harmful algal blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Pawnee Lake in Lancaster County, and an alert continues at Swan Creek Lake 5A in Saline County.

The state has issued new health alerts for harmful algal blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County and Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County. Alerts continue at Pawnee Lake in Lancaster County, and Swan Creek Lake 5A in Saline County.