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Working with the Voluntary Cleanup Program

Working with the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) is a partnership toward cleanup. For the most benefit, we suggest applying to the VCP as early as possible in your cleanup process. A cleanup site is ...
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Ecology awards $9.6 million for landfill methane reduction

A new competitive grant program from the Washington Department of Ecology will fund projects at 13 landfills across the state to better measure and contain methane before it escapes into the ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Washington businesses and undergraduates benefit from pollution prevention internships

2024 intern Bella Aguirre implements a full flow meter project at host business Valence Surface Technologies. Sustainability isn't just about environmental responsibility — it's also about innovations ...
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Washington businesses benefit from free, grant-funded Pollution Prevention internships

Harborview Medical Center’s WASI intern developed and implemented a sterile blue wrap recycling program. Calling all businesses! The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program places ...
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$386 million in clean water projects planned for Washington

The City of Spokane replaced the Post Street Bridge sewer line with financial support from Ecology. We're proposing to award $386 million in grants and loans for 134 high-priority clean water projects ...
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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 ...
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Stormwater general permits

Stormwater is rain and snow melt that runs off surfaces such as rooftops, paved streets, highways, and parking lots. As water runs off these surfaces, it can pick up pollutants that contaminate local ...