What You Can Do

Public Works | Natural Resources Division

There are a multitude of ways you can reduce pollution in our waterways. Click below to explore what you can do in the garden, when maintaining your car, in the home, in the neighborhood, and on the farm.

A man sprays a car at a commercial car wash

With your car

Fixing leaks, washing your car, and inflating your tires.

A person rakes leaves from the top of a storm drain grate

Around the house and neighborhood

Maintaining your septic system and stormwater facilities, scooping the poop, and free ways to dispose of hazardous waste.

Green grass is surrounded by borders with lush plants and flowers

In the garden

Learn more about using less pesticides, natural yard care, installing rain gardens, and using native plants.

A young mustang lays in the grass with a shelter behind him.

On the farm

Collect and store manure, use pasture management, exclude animals from wet areas, and more.

Report a Water Quality Problem

Karen DuBose
Pollution Identification and Correction Coordinator
(360) 416-1460
kdubose@skagitcountywa.gov

Address

1800 Continental Place
Mount Vernon, WA 98273