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Newsroom: Press Release Archive: July 2010

July 27, 2010
ADEQ Officials Announce $100,246 Grant to Gila Watershed Partnership to Reduce E. coli Levels in San Francisco River
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a $100,246 grant has been awarded to the Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona to reduce E. coli levels in the San Francisco River in eastern Arizona.
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July 22, 2010
ADEQ Announces $163,396 Grant to Watershed Group to aid Two Tucson Neighborhoods Control Storm Water Pollution
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a $163,396 grant has been awarded to Watershed Management Group to help control pollution from storm water runoff through training and education in two Tucson neighborhoods.
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July 21, 2010
ADEQ Awards $70,791 Grant to Tonto Watershed Group to Improve Water Quality in Tonto, Christopher creeks
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a $70,791 grant has been awarded to Tonto Watershed Improvement Group to improve water quality in the Tonto Creek and Christopher Creek areas near Payson.
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July 20, 2010
ADEQ Awards $550,000 Water Quality Improvement Grant to Lake Havasu City to Continue Replacing Septic Tanks
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a $550,000 grant has been awarded to the Lake Havasu City Public Works Department to allow the city to continue to replace septic tanks with new connections to the city's wastewater system.
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July 20, 2010
ADEQ Announces $44,200 Grant to Gila Watershed Partnership to Continue Upper Gila Stewardship Program
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a $44,200 Water Quality Improvement Grant has been awarded to the Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona to continue its successful stewardship program in the 7,354-square-mile Upper Gila Watershed.
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July 15, 2010
Sun Valley Volunteers Collect Tons of Waste in ADEQ's Clutter-Free Community Cleanup Drive
Volunteers in the Navajo County community of Sun Valley collected more than 200 cubic yards of metal and 300 waste tires during the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's clutter-free community cleanup drive.
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July 12, 2010
ADEQ Grants $123,604 to Little Colorado River RC&D Group for Water Quality Protection in Coyote Creek Area
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has awarded a $123,604 Water Quality Improvement Grant to the Little Colorado River Plateau Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. for a project to protect water quality in the Coyote Creek area in Apache County.
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July 9, 2010
ADEQ Director Grumbles Announces Domsky New Head of IT and Science Adviser, Massey New Air Quality Director
Long-time Air Quality Division leader Ira Domsky has been selected as the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's new director of information technology and science adviser and Eric Massey will become the director of the Air Quality Division, ADEQ Director Benjamin H. Grumbles announced today.
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July 6, 2010
EPA Failed to Adequately Consider ADEQ's Scientific Research in Aftermath of Dust-Storm Air-Quality Exceedances
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to adequately consider the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's scientific research in concluding that dust storms were not to blame for four air-pollution exceedances during 2008 at a monitoring station near 43rd Avenue and Broadway Road.
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