Posted on: August 29, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announces financing for improvements to Mankato’s wastewater system. The financing package from KDHE will fund this project that consists of rehabilitating 39,500 feet of cured-in-place pipe...
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Posted on: August 2, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the solid waste reduction grants. Grants totaled $333,037.56 and were awarded to 14 different cities, counties and organizations.
The solid waste tire ...
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Posted on: May 8, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today that Jena Sims, Wichita, a 3rd grade teacher at Wichita Collegiate School, Eli Schoeman and Leanne Stewart, Lenexa, 5th grade teachers at Canyon Creek Elementary and Lesley Riddell-Koc...
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Posted on: April 12, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded an air quality advisory for parts of the Flint Hill region, through Manhattan toward Nebraska due to seasonal burning that was issued on April 7, 2023.
Conditions have i...
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Posted on: February 27, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reminds Kansans that March and April are the months when large areas of the state’s rangelands are burned, especially within the Flint Hills. These burns help preserve the tallgrass prairie ecosystem,...
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Posted on: January 26, 2023
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) are issuing fish consumption advisories for 2023. The advisories identify types of fish or other aquatic animals that should be eaten in limited ...
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Posted on: October 18, 2022
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) joined Governor Laura Kelly on October 18, 2022, in proclaiming the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act in Kansas. The signing recognizes the state’s investments in restoring and maintain chemical...
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Posted on: September 19, 2022
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is holding public meetings to help communities and public water supply systems learn about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). Under the LC...
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Posted on: August 9, 2022
After continued work and dedication through the pandemic response in their local communities over the last two years, more than 300 Kansas environmental professionals will gather at the 2022 Kansas Environmental Conference on August 9-11 in Manhattan, Kan...
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