Water Quality Improvement Projects for Jefferson County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

RELATED ECOLOGY PROGRAMS

Water Quality

Map showing Jefferson County, Washington State.

Jefferson County projects

The following table lists overview information for water quality improvement projects (also known as total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs) for this county. Please use links (where available) for more information on a project.

To get additional information about the water bodies in Jefferson County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Jefferson County

WRIA 16 - Skokomish Dosewallips
WRIA 17 - Quilcene-Snow
WRIA 18 - Elwha Dungeness
WRIA 20 - Soleduck-Hoh
WRIA 21 - Queets-Quinault

Waterbody Names	Pollutants	Status	TMDL Leads
Chehalis River	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day)	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River (re-submit)	Dissolved Oxygen	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River, Upper	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River, Upper tributaries: Black River Lincoln Creek Scatter Creek Dillenbaugh Creek Skookumchuck Cr Salzer Creek Newaukum River	Temperature	EPA Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Skokomish River Tributaries: Purdy Creek Weaver Creek Ten Acre Creek Hunter Creek	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved Implementation plan submitted to EPA	Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329

Last updated May 2011