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Northwest Region

Ecology has four regional offices. The Northwest region includes Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties.
Ecology has four regional offices. The Northwest region includes Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties.

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Study shows fecal bacteria levels have declined in the Snohomish River Basin

Sustained local efforts and clean water projects have reduced bacteria pollution in Snohomish County. 

Science
Good things happen when communities redevelop brownfields

Our return-on-investment research describes tangible outcomes in terms of numbers, such as jobs created, acres redeveloped, and leveraged funding. 

What We Do
Ecology proposes nutrient control requirements for three large wastewater treatment facilities

We invite you to comment on nutrient contol updates to wastewater treatment permits for King County’s West Point, the City of Everett, and the City of Bellingham.

What We Do
The last piece of the Georgia-Pacific West site is one step closer to cleanup

We invite you to comment on the legal agreement for cleaning up the final portion of the Georgia-Pacific West site in Bellingham.

What You Can Do
What’s in your backyard? Public invited to test soil samples for toxics

Three upcoming soil testing events co-hosted by Ecology will allow residents to check whether soils in their yards have traces of historic chemical contamination.

What You Can Do
Three comment periods for the Lower Duwamish Waterway begin in March

We invite you to comment on two cleanup sites in the Lower Duwamish Waterway as well as a consent decree settling who will pay for sediment cleanup in the river.

What You Can Do
Bellingham’s Salish Landing Park closer to reality as cleanup construction begins

We're cleaning up contamination in Bellingham Bay in preparation for the new Salish Landing Park.

What We Do
Preparing for cleanup at Eastside Fire & Rescue in Issaquah

Tell us what you think about early actions to clean up PFAS at the Issaquah headquarters of Eastside Fire & Rescue.

What You Can Do
Collaborating across borders

A transboundary workgroup is collaborating to improve water quality in the Nooksack River watershed. Due to those efforts, Portage Bay shellfish beds are open more often to harvesting.

What We Do
Fact or fiction

We're dispelling rumors and sharing critical truths about adjudication for Water Resources Inventory Area 1 (WRIA), also known as the Nooksack watershed.

What We Do

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