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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan: Squalicum Creek Toxics Screening Study | |||
| Month-Year Published | December 2002 | |||
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| Short Description |
The Squalicum Creek watershed drains 6,750 hectares in Whatcom County. The surrounding lands are under increasing development from rural agricultural to urban, commercial-industrial. Local groups are concerned with the water quality of this and other watersheds. In the fall of 2002, Ecology will conduct a screening study of the watershed. Storm water from seven sites on the creek and tributaries will be analyzed for pesticides, herbicides, mercury, arsenic, copper, lead, and zinc. Sediment will also be collected from six different catch basins in the watershed and analyzed for the above mentioned metals and components of lube oils, gas, and diesel. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 02-03-083 | |||
| Author(s) | Roose, M. | |||
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| Number of pages | 27 pp. | |||
| Keywords | basin, county, creek, lead, plan, quality assurance, quality assurance project plan, rural, sediment, study, toxic, toxics, urban, water, watershed, Whatcom, zinc | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Abstract | Long Description |
The Squalicum Creek watershed drains 6,750 hectares in Whatcom County, Washington State. The surrounding lands are under increasing development from rural agricultural to urban, commercial-industrial. Local groups are concerned with the water quality of this and other watersheds in the area and have formed a group called the Whatcom Watershed Pledge Program. In the fall of 2002, Ecology will conduct a screening study of the watershed. Storm water from seven sites on the creek and tributaries will be analyzed for pesticides, herbicides, mercury, arsenic, copper, lead, and zinc. Sediment will also be collected from six different catch basins in the watershed and analyzed for the above mentioned metals and components of lube oils, gas, and diesel. Data from the investigation will be used to assist the pledge program. Ecology will help to prioritize drainage basins in the Squalicum Creek watershed needing source control work and education efforts. |
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