Marine spatial planning is an integrated approach for managing human activities in the marine environment to ensure a resilient and healthy Pacific Ocean coast that supports sustainable economic, ...

The Salish Sea Model is a powerful computer tool that simulates hydrodynamic and water quality processes to improve our understanding of how nutrients affect water quality in Puget Sound, the Strait ...

You can use the well construction and licensing system to search for: Notices of intent (NOIs) Licensed drillers Information for drillers (update your information and see continuing education units) ...

The Public Trust Doctrine is a legal principle derived from English common law. The Public Trust Doctrine protects public ownership interests in certain uses of navigable waters and underlying lands.

Spill management teams (SMTs) are representatives and assigned personnel trained to integrate into an incident command system or unified command system and manage an oil spill. Spill management teams ...

See what we hope to accomplish in our strategic plan for protecting the state's wetlands. We're working across the state with Washington Tribes and agencies. This includes the state departments of ...

In the Pacific Northwest, planning for significant oil and hazardous spills is conducted through a three-state (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho) Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP). The NWACP ...

Once you have fully developed your water use permit and filed a proof of appropriation form, we may require you to hire a certified water right examiner to verify your water use. After we have ...

Dangerous waste is typically taken to a permitted dangerous waste facility for treatment to make it less hazardous, non-hazardous, or easier or safer to transport. Under certain conditions, businesses ...

The Water Transfer Working Group (WTWG) is a voluntary team of agency representatives, water managers, and water users who provide technical review of proposed water-right transfers in the Yakima ...

The Municipal Water Law (MWL) was passed in 2003. Ecology and the Department of Health (DOH) have different roles and responsibilities when it comes to implementing the MWL. Department of Health ...