Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	Reporting Water Quality Problems - A Citizen's Guide
Month-Year Published	June 2001
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 61 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader
Short Description	What is the problem? Water pollution comes from a wide variety of sources. It is economically unfeasible to have pollution inspectors on every corner 24 hours a day; however, citizen reporting of pollution problems can go a long way toward filling the gaps in water quality protection. (Also see abstract below)
Publication Number	01-10-039
Author(s)	Ralph Svrjcek
Print Availability	Not available as a printed document Please use your personal computer to print this two page document. Thank you.
Number of pages	2
Keywords	chemical, citizen, emergency, erosion, fish, plan, quality, reporting, water, water quality
Abstract	Long Description
	What is the problem? Water pollution comes from a wide variety of sources. It is economically unfeasible to have pollution inspectors on every corner 24 hours a day; however, citizen reporting of pollution problems can go a long way toward filling the gaps in water quality protection. How Can Citizens Help? Your observations can help federal, state, and local officials investigate, and prosecute if necessary, the polluting of local waters. By taking good notes and perhaps a picture or two, you can help local authorities respond to pollution when it is occurring.

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Reporting Water Quality Problems - A Citizen's Guide