The Washington state well report (log) viewer, our most popular online resource, allows you to search for and view detailed records of the construction and subsurface characteristics of individual ...

Stormwater can pick up pollution from factories and businesses. Those contaminants are carried into waterways and harm fish and other aquatic life. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ...

Ecology, local clean air agencies, and Tribes can restrict indoor and outdoor burning under certain conditions. Air quality burn bans protect people when the air is unhealthy. Fire safety burn bans ...

Casey Sixkiller was appointed by Governor Bob Ferguson as the 14th Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology. With more than two decades of experience in federal, Tribal, regional, and ...

Wildfire smoke is a major threat to human health. Smoke from wildfires is the largest source of particle pollution in Washington. Breathing in smoke causes wheezing and coughing, heart and lung ...

We have resources to help with your contaminated sediment cleanups. The materials also provide information on how we developed and now implement the Sediment Management Standards rule.

A dairy farm in the Chehalis River basin during the January 2022 floods. Last winter’s floods damaged river levees and streambank protection across western Washington. Since then, public works ...

You can help protect the environment by telling us if you see a problem that is causing pollution. We respond to issues that pollute and damage land, air, and water. The sooner we know, the sooner we ...

Spend time in Washington, and you're likely to encounter one of the many cascading rivers, salmon-filled streams, or picturesque lakes in abundance. From the Puget Sound lowlands to the high desert, ...

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators are essential frontline workers you may not have immediately thought about during the pandemic. However, operators work hard to ensure that while many of us are at ...