By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Lily Barkau, Groundwater Section Manager for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), testified before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) in Washington D.C. last week. Ranking member of the Committee, U.S. Senator Jon Barrasso (R-WY) introduced and welcomed Ms. Barkau to speak on the opportunities and […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo – Although fewer people are recreating in Wyoming’s lakes and reservoirs this fall as water and air temperatures decrease, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), Wyoming Livestock Board (WLB), and local, state, and federal partners want to remind people, including hunters and fisherman, to continue to avoid […]
By Kimberly Mazza The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division (WQD) will host its first Wyoming Water Quality Conference at the University of Wyoming Conference Center in Laramie, Wyoming, October 17 – 18, 2023. The free conference will explain primary elements of the WQD’s responsibilities during general sessions and four tracks – Wyoming […]
By Kimberly Mazza The Watershed Protection Program housed under the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division (WQD) has developed a new mapping tool that will provide access to combined information that was previously available on two different maps. The “Wyoming’s Assessed Waters, Surface Water Monitoring Locations, and TMDL Map” offers various audiences that […]
By Kimberly Mazza Statewide, Wyo. – Groundwater and all things related to this section’s responsibilities will be a featured track of presentations at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division’s (WQD) first annual Wyoming Water Quality Conference October 17 – 18, 2023 at the University of Wyoming Conference Center in Laramie, Wyoming. Groundwater […]
By Kimberly Mazza Statewide, Wyo. – The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division (WQD) will host its first annual Wyoming Water Quality Conference at the University of Wyoming Conference Center in Laramie, Wyoming, October 17 – 18, 2023. Over the conference’s two days, the WQD’s programs will explain primary elements of their responsibilities […]
By Kimberly Mazza Statewide, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) – Water Quality Division (WQD) is celebrating Sept. 18 to Sept. 22, 2023 as SepticSmart Week. DEQ is celebrating the week-long annual campaign to educate homeowners and renters on how to properly maintain their septic systems. “The Water Quality Division wants […]
As the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) celebrates its 50th Anniversary, the DEQ Water Quality Division (WQD) invites the public and our partners to attend the first annual Wyoming Water Quality Conference at the University of Wyoming Conference Center in Laramie, Wyoming, October 17 – 18, 2023. Participants will learn how the WQD fulfills its […]
By Kimberly Mazza The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) continues to investigate, monitor, and report on harmful cyanobacterial booms (HCBs) in Wyoming waters. Though HCBs have been present in waterways throughout the country for many years, Wyoming has been proactive to understand where and why HCBs are occurring. Wyoming’s HCB program, outlined in an […]
Pictured from left: WQD Administrator Jennifer Zygmunt, Brad Kniss, Katherine McCrea, Kevin Campbell, and DEQ Director Todd Parfitt. By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE – The Water Quality Division Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WYPDES) Compliance and Enforcement Team was named the 2022 Team of the Year on June 5, 2023, for the Wyoming Department of Environmental […]