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The maps display places of use, water bodies, the type of water rights associated with a property, and “water device points” such as wells, dams, and pumps. The Water Resources Web Map is a ...
The Nonpoint Plan outlines the approach to addressing water quality impacts from nonpoint sources. The Plan is required by the Clean Water Act and ensures funding that allows us and our partners to ...
As we continue to celebrate American Wetlands Month, we encourage you to look at the plants in your area. One way to tell whether you're looking at a wetland is by identifying the plants. Wetlands ...
To keep yourself and your pets safe, avoid water with visible algae and follow all posted warnings and closures.
You are invited to comment on the 2025 update to Washington's Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Sources of ...
Precipitation has been near normal, but that is largely due to a wet fall. Precipitation since January has been 78% statewide ...
A brownfield is a property that’s been developed in the past, and is now vacant, abandoned, or underutilized. It may have environmental contamination.
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 ...
Did you know that May is American Wetlands Month? As we celebrate Washington's wetlands, join us in learning more about these important places and the ways they help make our lives better and richer ...
We all love our daily coffee fix, but the environmental cost of single-use cups is staggering – 50 billion of them are thrown away each year! That jolt of caffeine is essential, but the mountain of ...