Alaska DEC’s 2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report – Comment by July 22

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking comments on its draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. This biennial report describes the health of Alaska’s waters and includes the list of polluted waters. The report also helps the State of Alaska prioritize waters for appropriate action such as data gathering, watershed protections, and restoration of impaired waters. Changes to existing waterbody classifications include identifying healthy waters, removing two waters from the impaired waters list, implementing an alternative waterbody restoration plan, and adding a new pollutant of concern to two waters already on the impaired list

·        A public meeting will be held virtually on July 8 from 4:00-6:00 Alaska. Instructions for attending remotely can be found on the DEC Integrated Report website under the Draft 2024 IR tab.

·        Mail comments to Jenny Petitt, DEC Division of Water, at 43335 Kalifornsky Beach Road, Suite 11, Soldotna, Alaska 99669-9792 or email jenny.petitt@alaska.gov.