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Tacoma Smelter Plume

For almost 100 years, the Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma. Air pollution from the smelter settled on the surface soil of more than 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound basin. Learn how Ecology can help.
For almost 100 years, the Asarco Company operated a copper smelter in Tacoma. Air pollution from the smelter settled on the surface soil of more than 1,000 square miles of the Puget Sound basin. Learn how Ecology can help.

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Tacoma Smelter Plume: Recap of Tacoma Public Meetings

Last week Ecology held two public meetings on the progress of the Tacoma Smelter Plume project. Over 50 people came out to learn about yard sampling and cleanup in Tacoma neighborhoods.

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Tacoma Smelter Plume: Ecology begins soil cleanup on Vashon-Maury Island

On Monday, Ecology will start digging up contaminated soil at six yards on Vashon-Maury Island.

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Working together in Whatcom County to understand the manure-groundwater connection

This is a story about a gracious landowner who was willing to work with us so we could better understand connections between the use of manure on land and nitrate in groundwater.

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Tacoma Smelter Plume: Dirt Alert! and Soil Cleanup Coming to Ruston and North Tacoma

Dirt Alert is a program to protect you and your family from arsenic and lead in soil.

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