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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) collective brings together municipal stormwater permitees to collaborate on monitoring needs under the municipal stormwater permits. SAM provides structure, ...

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 -- 7 p.m. Response operations continue at the Indian Creek spill location, with teams broadening their reach to support cleanup and monitoring efforts. Shoreline, wildlife and ...

Find answers to common questions about the application process, where to find accommodations for submitting an application, how to calculate work experience and more. How do I request accommodations ...

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 ...

Join our team to make a difference! It is our mission to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment for current and future generations. Our partnerships protect and sustain healthy land, ...

The City of Tacoma, in partnership with Western Washington collaborators, will characterize stormwater and stormwater sediment concentrations for several Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC). They ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ecology Spills Response Team members Chelsea Krimme, Josh Coulter, Courtney Serad, and Dave Byers (left to right) conduct a safety briefing before entering the secured area to assess hazardous ...