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Water quality grants and loans

We provide millions of dollars of funding to improve, protect, and restore water quality across the state. We have several opportunities that vary by funding source, funding category, and type of ...
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Common cleanup situations for homeowners and small businesses

If you own a home or small business, you might encounter common situations that could require cleanup. One example is an uncontrolled spill of hazardous substances, like oil, transmission fluid, or ...
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Pilot project takes root with landowners along Hangman Creek

350 acres of new streamside vegetation is improving water quality The Hangman Creek watershed is changing, and we don’t mean changing from summer to fall. After five years and $9 million in state ...
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Environmental penalties issued for the third quarter of 2023

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.
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New steps to improve groundwater management in the Pasco Basin

A new legal designation establishes the boundaries for a future groundwater co-management agreement in the Pasco Basin. Water in eastern Washington is a scarce resource, and tracking groundwater ...
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$40 million available for streamflow restoration projects

A project to return Boise Creek at the Enumclaw Golf Course to its historic natural channel and dedicate a water right to improve instream flow is underway thanks to Ecology's streamflow restoration ...
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Property owners fined $204,000 for damaging Deschutes River shoreline

Two Thurston County property owners were fined $204,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for unpermitted shoreline development along the Deschutes River near Yelm. Chuck and Austin Rogers ...
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Landowners fined for illegally pumping 500 million gallons from Odessa aquifer

MOSES LAKE – Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer. In June, the Washington Department of ...
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Updates on cleanup sites in your inbox

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 ...
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State agency greenhouse gas reporting

Washington requires state agencies to lead by example in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. State agencies report their emissions to Ecology and their emissions reduction strategies to the State ...
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Funding now available to public agencies for drought relief

OLYMPIA – Public agencies experiencing hardships related to drought conditions may now be eligible for funds to ease drought-related effects. Beginning today, the Washington Department of Ecology is ...
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2024 Water Year in Review

The water year begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30. Three months before the calendar year changes, hydrologists and other water scientists mark the start of the new water year. Starting the water year in ...