Environmental Assessment Program

EAP Data

The Environmental Assessment Program gathers data that is used for regulatory and remediation actions.  Much of this data is available to the public through the databases shown below. 

AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY
Aquatic plant monitoring results from selected rivers and lakes with an emphasis on invasive non-native species.

BEACH
Check bacteria at your swimming beach.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EIM)
This database stores most Ecology data.

LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
Search for accredited laboratories.

LAKES
Historical water quality monitoring data for more than 180 lakes.

 

MARINE SEDIMENT MONITORING
Regional and ecosystem-wide information on Puget Sound sediment quality. Monitoring since 1989.

MARINE WATER QUALITY
Water quality monitoring data for Puget Sound, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay; data for 1990 and beyond is on-line.

RIVER AND STREAM FLOW MONITORING
Instantaneous flow measurements (discharge) for selected stations.

RIVER AND STREAM WATER QUALITY MONITORING
Data from monthly water quality monitoring at hundreds of stream stations throughout the state since before 1959.

STREAM BIOLOGICAL MONITORING
Benthic macroinvertebrate data for selected streams beginning in 1993.

Agency Searchable Databases