We also provide educational resources to property owners who want to drill a new well, maintain a well, or close down (decommission) an unused well. Well drillers and property owners have the ...

We are starting the rulemaking process to amend Chapters 173-18, -20, -22, -26, and -27 under the Shoreline Management Act. Visit the rulemaking page for more information. Washington has about 28,000 ...

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 ...

In the 2021-23 biennial budget, the state Legislature appropriated $9 million for a grant program to help municipalities prepare and plan for future treatment facility upgrades and implement ...

Our Nuclear Waste Program also oversees several other facilities in Washington that aren't part of the Hanford cleanup. Click on the tabs to find out more about the facilities, and read about the US ...

Everyone deserves clean air to breathe and a sustainable future that responds to challenges presented by climate change. To reach these goals, we regulate harmful emissions from vehicles, burning, and ...

When establishing cleanup levels for your contaminated site, use these guidance documents in combination with the CLARC data tables. CLARC — Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculation — is a compendium of ...

How to operate your wood stove more efficiently (video). An air quality burn ban is usually called during colder months when air pollution from wood smoke gets unhealthy. This kind of burn ban does ...

Your input is valuable to our decision-making process. We post water right documents for notice or comment. Documents posted for comment have a link to our online comment form. Other documents are ...

Food is a valuable resource. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, nearly 1 in every 6 people is food insecure across our state. When food is thrown away, we lose more than just ...

Clean air is vital for everyone. We manage smoke, vehicle pollution, industrial emissions, and other pollutants so communities have healthy air to breathe. We do this through permits, regulations, and ...

Washington courts play a vital role in providing guidance for how we apply our water resource laws and rules. We provide you information on the court decisions that had significant impacts on how we ...