Not all hardrock mining sites are contaminated. If you have a property with an abandoned mine, we may be able to help with sampling to determine if there are contamination concentrations above state ...

Since the early 1800s, miners in Washington have searched for metals such as copper, gold, lead, magnesium, silver, uranium, and zinc. Mining for metals is called hardrock mining, because of the types ...

We invite you to express your views on the State Waste Discharge Permit Application for Lincoln Rock Hydrogen Facility in East Wenatchee (Douglas County) from April 29 – June 5, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

The Chehalis Basin. Click the image to enlarge. The Chehalis Basin is a 2,700 square-mile river drainage system located in Southwest Washington along the Chehalis River and its tributaries. It is the ...

The Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly issuing fines to Seattle and King County for violating conditions of their federal consent decrees ...

Left photo: Alkali wetland located on King Ranch land in July 2019. (Image from Google Earth) Right photo: Alkali wetland located on King Ranch land in April 2021 with evidence of heavy equipment ...

Changing climate, crop needs and population growth are among key factors influencing when water will be available and where water will be needed in Washington’s Columbia River Basin. That’s according ...

MOSES LAKE – Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer. In June, the Washington Department of ...

Food wraps and liners like this may contain toxic PFAS chemicals to make them resistant to grease. Consumers in Washington may soon see safer food packaging We've just published a report identifying ...

Electron Hydro LLC will pay a reduced penalty and contribute to a water quality and fish habitat improvement project under a settlement agreement with the Washington Department of Ecology. The ...

How Washington invests cap-and-invest auction revenues to prepare for climate change will be captured in public reporting that the Department of Ecology is responsible for publishing under the Climate ...

A nearby supply of grant funded oil spill response equipment benefited the Port Orchard Yacht Club fire in 2016. OLYMPIA – In an effort to reduce the impacts of an oil spill when it happens, the ...