The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2023 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar. The statewide contest is sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (DWEE) and focuses on the importance of waste reduction, recycling and litter cleanup.

The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Iron Horse Trail Lake (Wildlife Management Area) in Pawnee County.

Maskenthine Reservoir in Stanton County and Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County are still on health alert.

Samples taken earlier this week at the lakes on alert measure above the threshold of 8 parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.

To make compliance easy, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (DWEE) simplified its return to compliance (RTC) process in the summer of 2020.

The new process allows for DWEE to work with facilities and permit holders to obtain voluntary compliance while making paths to compliance or enforcement clearer and more understandable.

The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County and Maskenthine Reservoir in Stanton County.

Both lakes remain on health alert this week after being on alert the last two previous weeks.

Samples taken earlier this week at the lakes on alert measure above the threshold of 8 parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.

The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County, Maskenthine Reservoir in Stanton County, and Iron Horse Trail Lake (Wildlife Management Area) in Pawnee County.

Both Maskenthine Reservoir and Willow Creek Reservoir remain on health alert this week after also being on alert last week.

The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County

Glenn Cunningham Lake in Douglas County has been removed from health alert.

Samples taken earlier this week at Willow Creek Reservoir measured above the threshold of 8 parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s (DWEE) Drinking Water Program is dedicated to ensuring safe drinking water for all the state’s public water consumers. The program works with water systems, communities, and other state and federal partners to ensure Nebraskans have reliable and safe drinking water.

More than 1,300 public water systems in Nebraska serve approximately 80% of the people in the state. DWEE regulates these facilities to ensure the water they offer is protective of public health.

The state has issued health alerts for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County, Glenn Cunningham Lake in Douglas County, and Iron Horse Trail Lake in Pawnee County.

Samples taken earlier this week at these lakes measured above the threshold of 8 parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s 2023 Clean Diesel Rebate Program is now accepting applications for agricultural irrigation pump diesel engine replacements. Applications must be submitted to DWEE by Dec. 7, 2023, to be considered.

The Clean Diesel Program uses grant funding to reduce public exposure to diesel engine exhaust, which can cause a variety of respiratory problems in addition to contributing to production of harmful ozone.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Gov. Jim Pillen signed a proclamation Friday, Oct. 6, recognizing October as Energy Awareness Month.

Energy Awareness Month aims to highlight the importance of energy efficiency and energy conservation. Energy efficiency is using technology that requires less energy to perform the same function and energy conservation is any behavior that results in the use of less energy.