Washington is divided into 62 Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) based on natural watersheds. Due to Washington’s varied land uses, hydrology, and precipitation levels, the amount of water ...

The Pacific Wood Treating facility has already been cleaned up. Now, we’re planning the last phases of yard soil replacement in 15 yards and rights of way in the neighborhood east of the old facility.

Now through Jan. 28, 2025, the public is invited to review and comment on model ordinances that will help city and county ...

We have released a draft study examining potential environmental impacts of green hydrogen storage and production facilities in Washington.

As directed by the Legislature, Ecology has developed a draft PEIS for green hydrogen energy production and storage facilities.

Washington Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson has named Larry Mattson as director of the agency’s Office of Columbia River. This office seeks to meet current and future water needs in the ...

The Washington Natural Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee meets monthly to determine the most appropriate method for assessing environmental injury from oil spills into state waters. Please ...

For more information on the programmatic environmental impact statement currently being developed by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council on electrical transmission, please visit their website.

The legislature directed us to adopt a model ordinance that local governments could use to support managing their organic materials. The model ordinance needed to establish disincentives for people to ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology issued a $71,800 penalty to Chad Williams for first damaging wetlands on property he owns near Camas, and then failing to comply with an agreement he signed ...