Alabama Department of Environmental Management

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“Use the tools you have to make yourself more secure.” That was the advice from ADEM’s Information Technology (IT) Branch during a training event for employees on cybersecurity in March. Lengthening passwords using complex combinations of letters, numbers, and even symbols is just one of the ways to secure both your work and your personal data. Speaking to employees in attendance and those watching on Teams, the IT Branch’s Ethan Spiga stressed the importance of having different passwords for every website and account, and to also be aware of potential phishing scams through email, texts, and websites. As an added layer of security, the IT Branch also requires every ADEM employee to complete online cybersecurity training twice a year with KnowBe4, which is a specialized program designed to simulate real threats. The first part of the training must be completed by June 30. The IT Training Series videos can be viewed at any point on the ADEM Intranet, and employees can be on the lookout for future events, which will be announced through email.

Water quality information for Alabama’s Gulf Coast public beaches is available to help people make informed decisions about their recreational use of coastal waters this summer. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has initiated the enhanced summer monitoring associated with its 2025 Coastal Beach Monitoring Program, and resumed its weekly collection and analysis of water samples at 25 public beaches in Mobile and Baldwin counties. ADEM conducts water quality sampling and testing to establish overall water quality data from each public beach. The enhanced monitoring efforts will stretch through Labor Day with water samples being collected weekly - or more frequently if needed - at each of the public beach locations.

ADEM’s Coastal Office is collaborating with a handful of other agencies on a demonstration project to test whether dogs can be trained in Alabama to respond to the scent of human sources of wastewater. If successful, the idea is to develop a program where trained dogs may be utilized to more rapidly pinpoint potential illicit sources of discharge (system leak failures caused by broken or clogged pipes, etc.) thus alleviating the typically time-consuming traditional field work associated with identifying potential contributing sources to high bacteria concentrations. Instant, on-the-ground, results could help regulated entities or ADEM decide where and when to sample.

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On June 13, 2025, the Environmental Management Commission named Edward Poolos the new ADEM Director. This appointment marks his return to ADEM after serving as the Deputy Commissioner of ADCNR for the past eight years.     August 1, 2025, will be the official start date for Director Poolos.    Below is the news release from Friday, June 13.

I'm proud to share that I’ve passed the PE Civil: Water Resources and Environmental Exam! I have also recently reached my fourth year of working at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, so I have begun the application process for my Professional Engineering license in Alabama. I'm thankful for the colleagues and experience I have gained in my role as a Senior Environmental Engineering Specialist.

ADEM along with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources hosted a public hearing in March at the Dauphin Island Community Center. More than 65 people attended the meeting to provide feedback and listen to plans regarding the Dauphin Island “West End Beach Renourishment Project.” Proposed by the Town of Dauphin Island, the project aims to restore and maintain the shoreline along the island’s west end. The work would place beach-compatible sand approximately 18,500 feet by 450 feet along the shoreline.

We are excited to welcome Jessie Eason to the team at ADEM

Water quality information for Alabama’s Gulf Coast public beaches is available to help people make informed decisions about their recreational use of coastal waters this summer. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has initiated the enhanced summer monitoring associated with its Coastal Beach Monitoring Program, and resumed its weekly collection and analysis of water samples at 25 public beaches in Mobile and Baldwin counties. ADEM conducts water quality sampling and testing to establish overall water quality data from each public beach. The enhanced monitoring efforts will stretch through Labor Day with water samples being collected weekly - or more frequently if needed - at each of the public beach locations.