In this Issue:
- Recycling on the Rise
- DEQ Yoga
- Feedback on 4-day Workweek
- ‘Idle-Free’ Campaign
- Water Managers Recognized
- Sewer District Recognized
- Calendar of Events
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Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
In this Issue:
Newsletter Links:
Sponsored by the
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
Utahns are more apt to recycle today than five years ago and would even like to see recycling expanded to include glass, more Household Hazardous Waste drop-off sites and electronic equipment, according to a Dan Jones and Associates poll conducted for the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste (DSHW) during July and August.
Governor Huntsman’s 10-hour workday 4 days a week inspired Jacob Myers to provide the Department of Environmental Quality some flex time. So the financial analyst for the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation started half-hour yoga sessions, hoping asanas would ease the workplace stress and energize frazzled, burned out and exhausted workers.
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is asking its stakeholders and the public about whether the compressed 4-day workweek is working for them. On the front page of DEQ’s website www.deq.utah.gov visitors are asked to “Click here to let us know what you think about the “Working 4 Utah” Initiative.”
Schoolchildren are telling their parents to turn it off when it comes to leaving their vehicles running while waiting to pick them up from school.
A national environmental organization gave Kudos to Patti Fauver, a manager in the Division of Drinking Water, for her efforts to coordinate revisions to a drinking water rule.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the South Valley Water Reclamation Facility in West Jordan second place for its outstanding achievements in wastewater treatment and pollution prevention.