These grants are given to local clean air agencies and Ecology regional offices (if there's no local clean air agency) for projects that will protect people from unhealthy smoke. Wood smoke is one of ...

Stormwater Capacity Grants are non-competitive and awarded to Phase I and Phase II National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) municipal permittees for activities and equipment necessary ...

Since we started tracking cleanup site data, we’ve listed over 14,000 contaminated or formerly contaminated sites. While over half of them have been cleaned up, that still leaves more than 6,400 ...

Known cleanup sites with potential drinking water contamination Ecology knows that there is PFAS contamination in groundwater in these areas. If your water system is in one of these areas, it may be ...

The City of Bellevue, in collaboration with Herrera Environmental Consultants, will evaluate the maintenance thresholds or conditions for the following stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs): ...

Sustainability isn't just about environmental responsibility — it's also about innovations that cut costs and reduce waste. The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program pairs ...

Arsenic and lead in play-area soil can pose a risk to children. Through our Soil Safety Program, we provide free soil sampling and soil safety actions for qualifying public and private schools, ...

Drought This year, like many years in recent history, was charactered by low water supply. Six of the last ten years have included some level of drought in Washington. In 2024 low snowpack and ...

The Solid Waste Advisory Committee helps us develop policies to support the successful implementation of Washington's solid waste laws and the State Solid and Hazardous Waste Plan. The committee is ...

Response times notification Due to staffing and volume of public records requests, response times may be longer than usual.

Develop an SMP User Guide and interactive website to increase the public’s understanding of shoreline development regulations and make it easier to engage with the public when completing future SMP ...

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $138,800 in penalties of $1,000 or more from July 1 – Sept. 30, 2023. A detailed list of the violations and resulting penalties is in the table below.