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Department of Ecology News Release - November 18, 2002
02-207
YAKIMA - The public is invited to submit written comments on a plan for cleaning up fecal coliform contamination in the Granger Drain watershed.
A local advisory group has worked with the state Department of Ecology for several years to develop a water cleanup plan (also called a "total maximum daily load," or TMDL) to reduce the levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the Granger Drain.
Fecal coliform bacteria commonly are found in warm-blooded animals and can indicate the presence of other disease-causing pathogens. Levels of the bacteria found in the Granger Drain are seven times greater than allowed under state water-quality standards.
Copies of the detailed implementation plan for the Granger Drain Fecal Coliform Bacteria TMDL are available for review at the office of the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, 120 S. 11th, in Sunnyside (509-837-6980), and at the Sunnyside office of the South Yakima Conservation District, 1116 Yakima Valley Highway (509-837-7911).
Questions and comments should be addressed to Greg Bohn, Department of Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Ave., Ste. 200, Yakima, Wash., 98902 (509-454-4174). All public comments must be received by Dec. 18, 2002.
Contact: Joye Redfield-Wilder, public information manager, (509) 575-2610
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/303d/
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