Tools and other Resources

Washington State Department of Ecology

Manchester Laboratory - Ecology's lab
Laboratory Accreditation - how to find a lab that is accredited or get accreditation for your lab.

Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculations (CLARC) - technical information related to establishing cleanup levels under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA)
MyEIM - advanced toolset for searching and analyzing monitoring data
Facility/Site Identification System - includes information on state cleanup sites, federal Superfund sites, hazardous waste generators, solid waste facilities, underground storage tanks, dairies and more.
Fertilizer database - look-up wastes in commercial fertilizers
Water Quality Assessment – 303(d) list, reporting on category 5 waters, the impaired waters of the state
Toxics Release Inventory Display System (TRIDS) - tracks hazardous substances released into the environment
Water Quality Permit Databases - Information on water quality permits for municipalities, industries, dairies, fish-rearing facilities, stormwater, sand and gravel operations, and aquatic pesticides.

Quality Assurance - to monitor and improve our scientific practices
Modeling the Environment - water quality models are mathematical tools that are used to visualize, predict, and determine factors that may be causing pollution
Landscape Planning & Watershed Characterization
Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound - study of the toxic chemical loadings to Puget Sound
Shoreline Aerial Photos - archive of aerial photos, taken between 1992 and 1997
Invasive Species - Minimizing the spread of invasive species through field work