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| Title | Totten and Eld Inlets Clean Water Projects - 1997 Annual Report | |||
| Month-Year Published | March 1999 | |||
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
Five of a planned nine years of monitoring water quality and pollution controls were completed in six sub-basins within the Totten and Eld Inlet watersheds in Puget Sound as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency′s Section 319 National Monitoring Program. The goal of the monitoring program is to determine the effectiveness of nonpoint source pollution management programs at improving water quality. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 99-316 | |||
| Author(s) | Seiders, K. | |||
| Print Availability |
Not maintained in stock. Copy must be made from archive version. Request will be referred to the source program.
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| Number of pages | 39 pp. + app. (95 total) | |||
| Keywords | annual report, bacteria, best management practice, change, conductivity, environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, fecal coliform, fish, flow, livestock, monitoring, on-site sewage system, point source, Puget Sound, Section 319, shellfish, study, temperature, total suspended solids, tracking, water, water quality, watershed | |||
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| Abstract | Long Description |
Five of a planned nine years of monitoring water quality and pollution controls were completed in six sub-basins within the Totten and Eld Inlet watersheds in Puget Sound as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency′s Section 319 National Monitoring Program. The goal of the monitoring program is to determine the effectiveness of nonpoint source pollution management programs at improving water quality. Failing on-site sewage systems and small farm livestock-keeping practices cause bacterial contamination of shellfish growing areas in Totten and Eld Inlets. Water quality parameters monitored include fecal coliform bacteria, total suspended solids, turbidity, flow, temperature, conductivity, and precipitation. Monitoring designs used in this study are the paired watershed and single-site-over-time. Tracking the implementation and maintenance of agricultural nonpoint pollution controls has been challenging. Changes within state and local agencies reduced their ability to meet original pollution control objectives. |
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