Drinking Water / Wells

• Coliform Bacteria Information [PDF]
• Disinfecting Your Well [PDF]
• NEW! Group B Management Guide [PDF]
• Maintaining Your Well [PDF]
• Preventing Pesticide Contamination [PDF]
• Testing Your Well [PDF]
• Water Testing Instructions, Fees, Pickup/Drop-off Info [PDF]

Food Safety

• Food Worker Manual [PDF]
• Food Worker Manual (Spanish version) [PDF]
• Temporary Food Events at Schools, Guidelines for [PDF]

Gardening

• Aphids [PDF]
• Blueprint for a Lake-Friendly Landscape (currently being updated; see Stream Team for information on keeping waterways clean.)
• Common Sense Gardening Calendar [PDF]
• How Does it Work? [PDF] ― Four steps of Common Sense Gardening
• Natural Lawn Care [PDF]
• Plan Before You Plant [PDF] ― landscape planning
• Plant List (for the Pacific Northwest) [PDF]
• Pressure-Treated Wood [PDF]
• Root Weevils [PDF]
• Roses [PDF]
• Weeds [PDF]

Healthy Home Info

• Dirt Alert — Arsenic and Lead in the Puget Sound Area [PDF]
• Don't Let Your Pet Pollute! [PDF]
• Breathe Easier — Do-It-Yourself Home Environmental Assessment List [PDF]
• Breathe Easier: Reduce Environmental Asthma Triggers [PDF]
• Fluorescent Lights — Broken Bulb Cleanup [PDF]
• Green Cleaning Recipes [PDF]
• Have a Safe and Decorative Holiday [PDF]
• Healthy Home Companion [PDF]
• Pesticides in Produce, Shopper's Guide [PDF]
• Residential Heating Oil Tanks, Guidelines for Decommissioning [PDF]
• Used Oil Recycling [PDF]

Hazardous Waste

• Antifreeze, Used Oil and Oil Filters [PDF]
• Category 1 Pesticides and Their Unrinsed Containers [PDF]
• Compliance with the Nonpoint Source Pollution Ordinance [PDF]
• Disposal Options for Used X-ray and Photographic Fixer [PDF]
• Does Your Business Generate Hazardous Waste? [PDF]
• Doing Business in a Wellhead Protection Area [PDF]
• Floor Drains [PDF]
• Fluorescent Lamps [PDF]
• Hazardous Materials Management for Retailers [PDF]
• Hazardous Waste Disposal Program [PDF]
• Newsletters (index of Hazardous Waste Update Newsletters)
• Oil/Water Separator [PDF]
• Pesticide Storage, Mixing, and Loading [PDF]
• Photo Processing [PDF]
• Residential Heating Oil Tanks [PDF]
• Safe Handling of Empty Pesticide Containers [PDF]
• Secondary Containment [PDF]
• Solvents and Parts Cleaners [PDF]
• Spill Plans [PDF]
• Spills of Hazardous Materials for Retailers [PDF]
• Storing and Labeling  Hazardous Waste [PDF]
• Thurston County Pesticide Education Program [PDF]
• Used Shop Towels [PDF]

School Health and Safety

• School Links Newsletter (Spring 2008) [PDF]
• School Links Newsletter (Spring 2007) [PDF]

Protect Kids from Toxins

• Protect Kids from Toxins [PDF]
• Protect Kids from Toxins (Español) [PDF]
• Handwashing, Tips for [PDF]
• Healthy Home Companion [PDF]
• Healthy Remodeling, Tips for [PDF]
• Healthy Yard, Tips for [PDF]
• Non-Toxic Cleaning, Tips for [PDF]

Septic Systems

• Do's and Don'ts [PDF]
• Inspecting Your Septic Tank [PDF]
• Landscaping Your Drainfield [PDF]
• Mound System, Understanding and Caring for [PDF]
• Pressure Distribution System, Understanding and Caring for [PDF]
• Sand Filter System, Understanding and Caring for [PDF]
• Septic Inspection and Pumping Guide [PDF]
• Septic Tank Riser Rebate [PDF]

Surface Water

• Swimmer's Itch [PDF]