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Partners: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) , Maricopa County, Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), Arizona State University and the University of Arizona Challenge: Identifying strategies to mitigate rising ground-level ozone concentrations in Arizona that pose significant health risks to residents Resource: Measurements, modeling, and analysis for state and local air quality officials to help understand the causes of rising local ozone concentrations and develop effective air quality management strategies to decrease local ozone Project Period : 2025 – Present Areas surrounding Phoenix, Arizona are partnering with EPA ORD to address an urgent issue of increasing levels of ground-level ozone, which cause health risks such as asthma attacks.
People most at risk include children, the elders, and outdoor workers. Maricopa County, the 4 th most populous county in the nation, and parts of Pinal County sometimes fail to meet federal air quality standards set to protect public health. "Arizona isn’t waiting for solutions to come from somewhere else — we’re partnering with EPA’s Office of Research and Development to tackle our ozone challenges head-on.
Their expertise is instrumental to gaining a deeper understanding of ozone formation in our unique environment. Through the GLOR Project, we’re creating a scientific framework that can inform air quality management strategies here in Arizona and across the nation.
” ‒ ADEQ Director Karen Peters Ground-level ozone is not emitted directly into the air but is created by chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). These “precursor” pollutants are locally emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries, chemical plants, and other sources, and, in the presence of sunlight – found in abundance in Arizona – react to form ozone.
Despite significant progress in reducing local precursor emissions, there have been recent increases in ozone pollution. The Arizona DEQ, through the Ground Level Ozone Research (GLOR) project, is bringing together air quality experts and scientists to understand why ozone concentrations are not decreasing as much as expected.
The GLOR project includes EPA ORD and Region 9 (Pacific Southwest), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Maricopa County, Maricopa Association of Governments, Arizona State University, and the University of Arizona. Together, this skilled team will investigate local atmospheric transport, precursor emission rates, and chemical transformations and inform effective mitigation measures.
With ORD’s support, the GLOR team will develop a science-backed plan to reduce ozone in the Phoenix area, improving air quality for millions of residents. EPA Research to Support States Contact Us About EPA Research to Support States Contact Us About EPA Research to Support States to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem. Last updated on April 7, 2026
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On June 29, 2026, EPA announced it will waive the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the credit processing fee — averaging roughly $156,000 per loan — for communities of 25,000 or fewer residents in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Combined, that removes nearly $200,000 in upfront cost from the single most affordable federal water-infrastructure financing program, which carries roughly $11 billion in available capacity and can cover up to 80% of eligible project costs at Treasury-rate pricing. For small towns, rural utilities, and the nonprofits and districts that serve them, this is a rare instance of the federal government lowering the barrier to a program that has historically been out of reach for exactly the communities that need it most. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how to move on a letter of interest before the window closes.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the ~$156,000 credit-processing fee for water systems serving 25,000 or fewer people — a near-$200,000 discount on access to an $11 billion pool of low-cost federal financing. The waiver removes the single barrier that kept small and rural utilities out of WIFIA for a decade. Here is how WIFIA actually works, who qualifies, why the letter of interest is the real gate, and how a town of 8,000 should think about a program built for billion-dollar projects.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the WIFIA application and credit-processing fees for communities of 25,000 or fewer — saving nearly $200,000 per loan — against roughly $11 billion in flexible financing that covers up to 80 percent of project costs. Here is why WIFIA has been underused by small systems, how the loan actually works, and how a rural utility should build a WIFIA strategy in 2026.
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