Water Quality Improvement Projects for Mason County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

RELATED ECOLOGY PROGRAMS

Water Quality

Mason 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 Mason County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Mason County

WRIA 14 - Kennedy-Goldsborough
WRIA 15 - Kitsap
WRIA 16 - Skokomish-Dosewallips
WRIA 22 - Lower Chehalis
- For general information about water quality improvement projects in the Chehalis River basin please visit www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/ChehalisIndex.html.

Waterbody Name	Pollutants	Status	TMDL Leads
Black River	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day)	Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
	Fecal Coliform
	Total Phosphorus
Chehalis River	Ammonia-N BOD (5-day)	Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River (re-submit)	Dissolved Oxygen	Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Chehalis River, Upper	Fecal Coliform	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	Approved	Dave Rountry 360-407-6276
Oakland Bay: Oakland Bay & Hammersley Inlet Mill, Cranberry, and John Creeks			Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329
	Fecal Coliform	Approved
	Temperature	Under development
Skokomish River Tributaries: Purdy Creek Weaver Creek Ten Acre Creek Hunter Creek	Fecal Coliform	Approved Implementation plan sent to EPA	Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329
Totten/Eld Inlets Tributaries	Fecal Coliform Temperature	Approved Implementation plan sent to EPA	Lydia Wagner 360-407-6329
Union River Tributary: Bear Creek	Fecal Coliform	Approved Implementation plan sent to EPA	Sally Lawrence 425-649-7036

Last updated May 2012