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| Title | Water Quality Assessment in the Burley Minter Creek Watersheds Kitsap & Pierce Counties, WA | |||
| Month-Year Published | October 1994 | |||
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| Short Description |
Water quality was monitored in the major freshwater tributaries of Burley Lagoon and Minter Bay from December 1992 through March 1993. The objective was to evaluate water quality in the Burley and Minter Creek watersheds after 10 years of remedial action implementation. Elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria (FC) continue to result in Class AA water quality violations throughout the watersheds. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 94-172 | |||
| Author(s) | Dickes, B. and B. Patterson | |||
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| Number of pages | 26 pp. + app. (49 total) | |||
| Keywords | assessment, bacteria, best management practice, creek, fecal coliform, fish, marine, rural, shellfish, water, water quality, watershed | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Abstract | Long Description |
Water quality was monitored in the major freshwater tributaries of Burley Lagoon and Minter Bay from December 1992 through March 1993. The objective was to evaluate water quality in the Burley and Minter Creek watersheds after 10 years of remedial action implementation. Elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria (FC) continue to result in Class AA water quality violations throughout the watersheds. The mean FC levels at the mouths of Purdy and Minter Creeks were significantly higher in 1992-93 than baseline conditions in 1983. Mean FC levels at the mouth of Burley Creek and in the upper Minter watershed were twice as high in 1992-93, but the increase was not significant. Baseline (1988-89) FC levels in upper Purdy Creek were low, however, this was the only location where a statistically significant decrease in FC concentrations was identified. It appears that although Burley and Minter watersheds have a large percentage of rural acreage treated with best management practices, bacterial water quality has continued to decline in these freshwater systems. In October 1993, Burley Lagoon was upgraded for shellfish harvesting based on marine water quality data collected by the Department of Health |
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