Research & Data

Use this portal to filter and search for all of our scientific information.

Ecology provides the high-quality science that is the foundation of Washington state environmental policy. Our monitoring, assessment, and modeling services provide a data-rich understanding of our state’s land, air, and water. We provide access to that data through reports, databases, maps and user-friendly online tools.

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Online tool: Water Quality Permitting Portal (WQWebPortal) - login required

(SAW account required)

https://ecology.wa.gov/water-quality-permitting-portal-wqwebportal

Publication index: Spills Program documents

List of links to documents on oil transportation and oil or hazardous materials spill prevention, preparedness, or response.

https://ecology.wa.gov/spills-program-publications

Online tool: Industrial Permits look-up

Look up industrial section permits with hyperlinks to all documents currently available electronically. You can view active or proposed permits and associated documents:

https://ecology.wa.gov/industrial-permits-look-up-tool

Online tool: Watershed Health Monitoring (WHM) field forms - login required

Share watershed health data with Ecology, to be included in our EIM database. (SAW account required)

https://ecology.wa.gov/watershed-health-monitoring-whm-field-forms

Scientific services

We offer scientific services to support environmental work and inquiry for projects funded through public dollars. We provide accurate, credible, and defensible analyses using the latest accredited methods.

https://ecology.wa.gov/scientific-services

Cleanup site: Port of Seattle Terminal 91

The Terminal 91 Complex is located in an industrial area of Seattle. It was operated by several oil companies and later as a dangerous waste treatment and storage facility.

https://ecology.wa.gov/cleanup-site-port-of-seattle-terminal-91

Seawater properties

Properties of water (& seawater) for Excel/VBA, using the UNESCO equation of state. VBA functions include potential temperature (theta), in-situ density (rho), sigma-t, sigma-theta, thermal expansion

https://ecology.wa.gov/seawater-properties-zip

Publication index: Budd Inlet

List of links to documents and posters related to water quality in Budd Inlet

https://ecology.wa.gov/budd-inlet

Cleanup site: Reynolds Metals Aluminum Smelter, Longview

Cleanup near Columbia River at the site of the former Reynolds Metals aluminum smelter in Longview.

https://ecology.wa.gov/reynolds-metals-aluminum-smelter

Washington Tank Operator Training

Ecology's site-specific online training and re-certification tool.

https://ecology.wa.gov/washington-tank-operator-training

Online tool: Ecology staff directory

Look up contact information for Ecology staff, by last name. Includes e-mail, phone, fax and location.

https://ecology.wa.gov/ecology-staff-directory

Online tool: Ecology subject referral directory

Look up contact information for Ecology staff, by subject topic. Includes e-mail, phone, fax and location.

https://ecology.wa.gov/ecology-subject-referral-directory

Publication index: Deschutes River

List of links to documents about water quality in the Deschutes River and Budd Inlet

https://ecology.wa.gov/deschutes-river

Puget Sound soft shore and armor alternative projects map

This map-based tool provides examples of beach projects on Puget Sound where alternatives to hard-shoreline armoring were used.

https://ecology.wa.gov/soft-shore-projects-map

Data Model - SedFlux

Excel/VBA model of sediment nutrient fluxes and sediment oxygen demand (SOD) from diagenesis that is based on a method that was originally developed by Dominic DiToro.

https://ecology.wa.gov/sedflux-zip

Cleanup site: Univar USA Inc Kent

Univar Kent is a cleanup site at 8201 S 212th St. in Kent (King County) with soil and groundwater contamination from waste management activities and accidental chemical releases.

https://ecology.wa.gov/cleanup-site-univar-usa-inc-kent

Data model - Shade

A tool for estimating shade from riparian vegetation written in Excel/VBA.

https://ecology.wa.gov/shade-zip

Publication index: Lakes information

List of links to documents related to water quality in lakes

https://ecology.wa.gov/lakes

Online tools & databases

This is the gateway to Ecology's many web-accessible databases and tools.

https://ecology.wa.gov/online-tools-databases

Publication index: Lower Duwamish River

List of links to documents and posters related to the Lower Duwamish River

https://ecology.wa.gov/lower-duwamish-river