Some Guidelines On Ways to Protect Our Groundwater

As part of National Ground Water Awareness Week (March 6-12), the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality is joining the Ground Water Protection Council and the National Ground Water Association in providing some useful guidelines on ways we can protect our ground water resources.

Two meetings have been scheduled in mid-October to discuss solid waste issues in Nebraska and seek public input as the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) develops a report to present to the Nebraska Legislature. Meetings will be held Oct. 17 in Bridgeport and Oct. 19 in Lincoln.

LB1101, passed in the 2016 legislative session, directs NDEQ to prepare a study to examine the solid waste management programs implemented by the Department.

March 10, 2011 -- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has sent invitations to schools across the state, seeking students’ entries for the 2012 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It” environmental calendar. The contest is open to all Nebraska students from grades K through 12, and the submission deadline is April 15, 2011.

Two meetings have been scheduled in mid-October to invite public discussion of the development of a plan to use funds allocated to the state from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust. Meetings will be held Oct. 16 in Lincoln and Oct. 18 in North Platte.

Oct. 3, 2017 -- NDEQ is restructuring and standardizing Conditions I and II in air quality construction permits (CP), air quality operating permits (OP), and the accompanying fact sheets. These changes are intended to unify permit conditions and streamline the CP and OP permitting processes. The draft restructured conditions and fact sheet language can be found at the bottom of this webpage.

March 16, 2011 -- The Stream Biological Monitoring Program 2004-2008 Technical Report is now posted on NDEQ’s web site. It is located in Publications/Surface Water Monitoring Program/Reports, or the direct URL is: https://dee.nebraska.gov/forms/publications-grants-forms/wat170

Updated information, May 5 -- The presentations made on May 3 are now on this web site. Go to: http://deq.ne.gov/Press.nsf/pages/NEWS050411.)

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is inviting proposals for drinking water protection projects. Approximately $100,000 in grant funding is available to political subdivisions in Nebraska that operate a public water system serving a population of 10,000 or less.

April 8, 2011 – Although the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality had developed a proposed Pesticide General Permit and conducted a public hearing on the issue on March 22, 2011, the agency has decided to delay issuance of the permit, based on a deadline extension that was recently granted to the EPA.

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality will host a public information session from 5-7 p.m. May 10 at the Lancaster County Extension Offices located at 444 Cherrycreek Road. The purpose of the information session will be to discuss environmental cleanup work at the West Haymarket Redevelopment Site North.