Services
DOEE’s RiverSmart programs help to reduce stormwater runoff that harms the District’s waterways and the Chesapeake Bay.
The Green Area Ratio sets standards for landscape and site design to help reduce stormwater runoff, improve air quality, and keep the city cooler.
These tips highlight steps that tread more lightly on our Earth through more energy-efficient technologies, the use of less or non-toxic materials, and other environmentally beneficial methods.
The GreenWrench Technical Assistance Program provides free pollution prevention guidance and training to District mechanics and auto body shops. This voluntary, grant-funded program is offered free of charge.
The Hazardous Waste Program protects human health and the environment from the hazards of mismanaged waste, helps reduce the amount of waste generated and ensures that generated wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner.
DOEE provides DC residents with useful methods to lower your energy use and utility bills.
District of Columbia law prohibits the discharge of swimming pool water into public space. Find ways to drain your pool wisely.
Land Remediation and Development directs, performs, and assists with investigations and cleanups of contaminated District land.
By promoting low impact development, green building, riverfront restoration, transit options and walkable neighborhoods, Washington DC is a leader in environmentally sensitive policies.
The DOEE team promotes public and environmental health by implementing and enforcing District and Federal laws and regulations.
Lead is a powerful neurotoxin. Exposure to lead can damage the brain, injure other soft tissues and organs, and interfere with the formation of blood. Exposure to enough lead can even kill.
Though lead has proven to be a very useful substance, exposure to lead causes serious adverse health effects.
Branches of the Lead and Healthy Housing Division are responsible for ensuring lead poisoning prevention and professional accreditation, certification and permitting.
In the District, like in most older cities, homes built before the 1980’s were typically built with a lead service line—the pipe that connects the city water supply to your household plumbing.
DOEE wants to ensure that District of Columbia residents are informed about issues concerning the lead safety of its drinking water.
NOTICE: As of October 1, 2024, the Lead Reduction Program will accept applications for FY25; however, clients will be placed on a waiting list until funding becomes available.