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The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is using a water quality model to evaluate the effects of current and potential future nutrient loads on dissolved oxygen levels in Puget Sound. The Puget Sound model, a computerized prediction tool, will help answer the following questions:
These model findings will help decision-makers use resources wisely and guide where additional study or action is necessary.
- Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Model Nutrient Load Summary for 1999-2008
- Focus on Modeling Dissolved Oxygen in Puget Sound (Ecology Publication)
Calibration website
- Quarterly Reports:
- Revised Project Plan and addendum
- Independent Audit
- Description of Next Steps
- Circulation model journal article (abstract)
The 4th meeting of the project advisory committee was held on Monday, June 27, 2011. The focus of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming nitrogen loading report for Puget Sound and a project plan for the future modeling efforts. Drafts of both of these documents were posted to the website before the meeting. Comments on these documents were accepted through July 15, 2011.
The 3rd meeting of the project advisory committee was held on Thursday, January 7, 2010.
Comments on the draft
circulation
report were accepted through January 15, 2010.
The 2nd meeting of the project advisory committee was held on July 1, 2009.
The 1st meeting of the project advisory committee was held on December 16, 2008.
Ecology accepted comments on the draft Project Plan until January 14, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Andrew Kolosseus Water Quality Program Washington State Dept. of Ecology P.O. Box 47600 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 Phone: (360) 407-7543 E-mail: akol461@ecy.wa.gov
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