Northwest Region
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Puget Sound
About two-thirds of the state’s population lives in the Puget Sound region. Our nation’s second largest marine estuary faces a number of challenges related to population growth and development, as well as habitat loss and multiple sources of pollution. Learn more about the problems Puget Sound faces and what we're doing to protect this environmental, cultural, and economic resource. See more about Puget Sound.
Cleaning up contamination
In Washington, we've identified over 13,000 contaminated sites in need of cleanup. In the Northwest Region, there are over 3,000 identified or active sites. We make progress daily. Cleanup work at over 4,000 formerly-contaminated sites has been completed in the Northwest Region's seven counties. Learn more about our contamination cleanup work.
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.
This month, we’re trying out a video update to keep you informed about the Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) cleanup. Let us know what you think!
But if you prefer to still get your updates in writing, we’ve got you covered.
Jorgensen Forge public comment period
The Jorgensen Forge cleanup site is in Tukwila along the Duwamish River. You may remember it as a... Continue reading this blog...
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Scarlet Tang
NWRO Communications Manager
scarlet.tang@ecy.wa.gov
206-594-0002