Guidance for Building Water Flushing and Sampling During Low Flow or Low Occupancy
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and UW Facilities (UWF) have established a protocol for water quality verification and sampling in University buildings that were temporarily closed, had reduced occupancy, or otherwise experienced low water flow conditions.
Prepare for a hazardous waste inspection
July 12, 2020
Your workspace should always be ready for an inspection. The most important thing you can do to be prepared for an inspection is to keep your lab, shop, clinic, or other workspace clean, organized, and up to University of Washington standards.
UW Seattle Annual Stormwater Report 2019
COVID-19 Health and Safety
Updated July 18, 2024
Follow the Public Health Flowchart for COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Symptoms if you have COVID-19 symptoms, an exposure or test positive.
Stormwater Pollution Prevention
When it rains on campus, the rainwater runs into a network of storm drains that lead directly into local bodies of water.
Along the way, rainwater picks up contaminants, such as cigarette butts, pet waste, oil and garbage, which goes untreated and flows directly into fish and wildlife habitat.
Wastewater
All wastewater discharged to the sanitary sewer system (i.e. poured down a drain or flushed down a toilet) must comply with local, state and federal standards. Rules are designed to protect surface waters, health and safety in the treatment works, and to maintain the quality of biosolids at wastewater treatment plants.
Universal Waste Labels: Four identical
Click on the link below to download an accessible form to create UW Universal Waste Labels.
This form that allows you to enter label information for four identical universal waste containers.
- Fill in the label information.
- Print the labels on Avery 5164 labels.
- Affix one label to each waste container.
(To print four different labels, use these universal waste labels).
Universal Waste Labels: Four different
Click on the link below to download an accessible form to create UW Universal Waste Labels.
This form that allows you to enter label information for four different universal waste containers.
- Fill in the label information.
- Print the labels on Avery 5164 labels.
- Affix labels to the waste containers.
(To print four identical labels, use these universal waste labels).
UW Hazardous Waste Labels: Four identical labels
Download an accessible form to create UW Hazardous Waste Labels.
This form that allows you to enter label information for four identical hazardous waste containers.