Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Southern Regional Office

Administers environmental quality programs throughout southern Arizona. Coordinates ADEQ's activities to protect public health and the environment along the Arizona-Mexico border, conducts inspections and complaint investigations of permitted and non-permitted air pollution sources, water and wastewater facilities, responds to emergencies that threaten public health and the environment and processes open burn permit applications. Monitors and tests public drinking water systems to ensure safe, potable water supplies, inspects the construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities and on-site systems, oversees the investigation and cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater Superfund sites and supports ADEQ's groundwater monitoring, source water assessments and water quality permitting activities.