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Environment

Concerned about our air quality? Want to become "green"? Are you throwing out hazardous material along with the trash? Interested in recycling? How can we keep your water clean? Look up an agency dedicated to saving the environment.

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Agencies

Look up an agency dedicated to saving the environment.

City of Wichita > Environmental Health
Our primary responsibility is protection of the environment and public health.

Sedgwick County > Environmental Resources
Protecting the environment through conservation of resources.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.

Air Quality

Concerned about our air quality?

City of Wichita > Environmental Health > Air Quality
Air Quality Control includes the measurement of air pollutants, inspection of sources of air pollution, and enforcement activities to keep air pollution sources in compliance with local, state, and federal laws.

Greening

Want to become "green"?

City of Wichita > Greening of Wichita
The City of Wichita encourages the citizens to educate themselves on the benefits of tree planting and tree care. This new program will include ways to integrate tree planning in residential and commercial developments as well as planting and maintenance in established neighborhoods.

GreenWichita
Maintained by the City of Wichita for the purpose of preserving and improving the natural environment in the south central Kansas region.

Hazardous Waste

Are you throwing out hazardous material along with the trash?

City of Wichita > Household Hazardous Materials
A household hazardous material is any product that poses a threat to health or environment when used or disposed of improperly. The product may have one of these properties: flammable, explosive, corrosive, poisonous or radioactive.

Recycling

Interested in recycling?

PRoKansas Miller Recycling Center
Our mission is to provide an additional consumer recycling option to the community. Our market niche is comprised of people who want to go to the one location that collects the most categories of household items for recycling.

Sedgwick County > Recycling Guide
Before throwing any item into the trash, stop and think. Can the item be reused or recycled?

Water

How can we keep your water clean?

City of Wichita > Arkansas River Water Quality Campaign
The Arkansas River and Little Arkansas River are valuable assets providing pastoral beauty, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities to Wichita and the region. Over the years, water quality in these rivers has improved substantially with more effective treatment technologies, better land management practices, and increasingly more stringent water quality regulations. Nevertheless, there is opportunity for additional improvement.

City of Wichita > Storm Water Management
Storm Water Management's mission is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of our citizens by providing adequate drainage and flood control within the community and to reduce the pollution of our nation's waterways by implementing a comprehensive stormwater quality management program.

City of Wichita > WATER Center
Learn more about the Wichita Area Treatment, Education & Remediation (WATER) Center, the treatment center for the Gilbert-Mosley Project.

Kansas Rural Water Association
Water is the essential ingredient for every Kansan's life. And for 41 years, the Kansas Rural Water Association has been dedicated to helping public water systems provide the quality and quantity of water needed by their customers and their communities. Since 1993, KRWA has been helping wastewater utilities as well.

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