Overview

The Department of Environmental Programs at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments focuses on a variety of environmental issues in the region. The key program areas are environmental resources programs (air quality, waste management and recycling, pollution prevention, energy, alternative fuels, and airport noise abatement) and water resources programs (watershed planning and restoration, nonpoint source pollution assessment and control, urban best management practices, forestry, wastewater management, water quality monitoring, database management, GIS, drinking water, and modeling).