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Oct. 16, 2024. Environmental penalties issued for first half of 2024. Oct. 14, 2024. Two Seattle cleanup sites to be cleaned up for affordable housing. Oct. 11, 2024. Federal and state agencies seeking new board members to advise on Hanford nuclear cleanup. Oct. 10, 2024. Protecting water across state lines in the Walla Walla basin. Oct. 9, 2024.
About us - Washington State Department of Ecology
About us. Our vision: Our innovative partnerships protect and sustain healthy land, air, water, and climate in harmony with a strong economy. Our mission: To protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment for current and future generations.
Washington's Climate Resilience Strategy
The Climate Resilience Strategy: Prioritizes environmental justice and advances our focus on equity and reducing impacts of climate change on overburdened communities. Identifies ways the state can aid climate-response activities by local and tribal governments and others. Brings together current climate change response work across multiple ...
Air & Climate - Washington State Department of Ecology
Air & Climate. 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 industrial activities to help protect air quality and reduce greenhouse gases that increase temperatures around the globe.
Responding to climate change - Washington State Department of …
2024年9月30日 · Washington’s climate change resilience strategy is an important tool that brings together all of the necessary requirements to prepare for the impacts of climate change in Washington — particularly on the most vulnerable and those facing systemic inequities. We are working to update our climate resilience strategy by Sept. 30, 2024.
Water Quality Atlas - Map - Washington
This map allows users to visualize data related to water quality in Washington State. It allows for the dynamic display of many data layers which inherently makes it difficult to describe. For questions concerning this map, please contact Jeremy Reiman, phone: (360) 407-6782, email: 303d@ecy.wa.gov. Legend. Filter.
Research & Data - Washington State Department of Ecology
2018年7月17日 · Research & Data. Use this portal to filter and search for all of our scientific information. Ecology provides the high-quality science that is the foundation of Washington state environmental policy. Our monitoring, assessment, and modeling services provide a data-rich understanding of our state’s land, air, and water.
Water & Shorelines - Washington State Department of Ecology
Water & Shorelines. We improve and protect water quality, manage and conserve water resources, and effectively manage coastal and inland shorelines to assure our state has sufficient supplies of clean water for communities and the natural environment.
Water Resources - Washington State Department of Ecology
The program's work. The Water Resources program focuses on: Monitoring statewide water supply. Managing water supply projects and water recovery solutions. Overseeing water rights. Streamflow restoration. Protecting streamflows. Regulating well construction and licensing. Ensuring dam safety.
Drought Response - Washington State Department of Ecology
2024年4月16日 · Drought declared statewide. Statewide drought declared April 16, 2024, limited exceptions for Seattle, Everett and Tacoma metro areas.. With winter’s snowstorms largely behind us, our state’s low snowpack and forecasts for a dry and warm spring and summer have spurred the Department of Ecology to declare a drought emergency for most of Washington. . Ecology is making up to $4.5 million ...