Databases
This page provides direct access to Ecology’s searchable databases. Databases identified in bold below include map access.
| Ambient air quality data Carbon monoxide, ozone, and particulate matter for selected sites. Also includes Air Quality Index (AQI). |
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| Aquatic plant survey Aquatic plant monitoring results from selected rivers and lakes with an emphasis on invasive non-native species. |
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| Coastal Atlas Information about Washington’s marine shorelines and the land areas near Puget Sound, the outer coast, and the estuarine portion of the Columbia River. |
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| Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculations (CLARC) Chemical-specific information related to the establishment of cleanup levels under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Cleanup Regulation, Ch. 173-340 WAC |
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| Environmental Information Management (EIM) System Ecology’s major environmental data repository. |
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| Environmental Permit Handbook Information on permits, licenses, certifications, and other approvals. |
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| Facility/Site Identification (F/SID) System Information on facilities and sites of interest to the Department of Ecology. |
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| Fertilizer Database (Wastes in Commercial Fertilizers) Information about commercial fertilizers that are registered for distribution in the state of Washington. |
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| Grade Level Expectations (GLE) Correlations to Environmental Education Resources Links Project WET and Healthy Water, Healthy People with Washington’s OSPI Grade Level Expectations. |
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| Hazardous Waste Services Directory Information for hazardous waste generators to help identify businesses who can help manage wastes. |
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| Industrial Permits Active and proposed permits for aluminum smelters, oil refineries, and pulp and paper mills. |
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| Laboratory Accreditation Information on accredited laboratories including analytical parameters. |
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| Lake Water Quality Monitoring Historical water quality monitoring data for more than 180 lakes. |
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| Marine water quality monitoring Water quality monitoring data for Puget Sound, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay; data for 1990 and beyond is on-line. |
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| Materials Exchange (”2Good2Toss”) Information on available or wanted used or surplus building materials and large household items. |
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| Polluted Waters - 303(d) Listing Listing of streams, lakes, and estuaries whose beneficial uses are impaired by pollutants. |
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| Public Events Calendar Information on Ecology’s public hearings, meetings, workshops, open houses, and open comment periods. |
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| Publications and Forms Information on Ecology’s publications and forms. |
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| Recycling (1-800-RECYCLE) Information on recycling opportunities in your neighborhood. |
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| River and Stream Flow Monitoring Instantaneous flow measurements (discharge) for selected stations. |
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| River and Stream Water Quality Monitoring Data from monthly water quality monitoring at hundreds of stream stations throughout the state since before 1959. |
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| Shoreline Aerial Photos A collection of over 10,000 oblique aerial photos of Washington’s 2,500 miles of marine shoreline. |
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| Staff directory Ecology staff e-mail addresses and phone numbers. |
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| State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Register List of SEPA documents received by Ecology in the past two weeks or earlier if comment period has not yet closed. |
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| Subject referral directory Ecology staff contact information by subject. |
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| Stream biological monitoring Benthic macroinvertebrate data for selected streams beginning in 1993. |
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| Well Construction and Licensing System (WCLS) Well drilling projects and well logs since 1995. Current licensed drillers and drilling companies. |
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| Well Logs Information on the location, ownership, construction details, and lithology of completed wells. |
In addition to the above on-line databases, Ecology distributes several databases for local installation and use.
| Sediment quality data (SEDQUAL) Results of chemical analyses, benthic infauna analyses, and bioassay analyses for more than 8,500 sampling stations. |
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| Toxics Release Inventory Display System (TRIDS) A database that identifies facilities, chemicals manufactured and used, the annual amounts of these chemicals released (in routine operations and in accidents and other one-time events) and otherwise managed on- and off-site in waste. |
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| Water Quality Permit Life Cycle System (WPLCS) Information on water quality permits for municipalities, industries, dairies, fish-rearing facilities, stormwater, sand and gravel operations, and aquatic pesticides. |
Also see Geographic Information Systems Data for information on available spatial data.
Also see Information Management for additional information on the Department of Ecology’s Information Technology Portfolio and enterprise approach to information management.
Courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology