Water Quality Improvement Projects for Skagit County

Washington State Department of Ecology

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (TMDLs)

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Water Quality

Map showing Skagit County, Washington State.

Skagit County projects

The following table lists overview information and links to specific 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 Skagit County please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.

WRIAs in Skagit County

WRIA 1 - Nooksack
WRIA 3 - Lower Skagit-Samish
WRIA 4 - Upper Skagit
WRIA 5 - Stillaguamish

Water-body Name	Pollutants	Status	TMDL Leads
Campbell Lake	Total Phosphorus	EPA Approved	Tricia Shoblom 425-649-7288
Erie Lake	Total Phosphorus	EPA Approved	Tricia Shoblom 425-649-7288
Samish Watershed	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Sally Lawrence 425-649-7036
Skagit Basin Tributaries: Carpenter Creek Fisher Creek Fisher Slough Nookachamps Creek	Fecal Coliform	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Sally Lawrence 425-649-7036
Skagit Tributaries	Temperature	EPA Approved	Sally Lawrence 425-649-7036
Stillaguamish River & Portage Creek	Arsenic Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform Mercury pH Temperature	EPA Approved Has an implementation plan	Ralph Svrjcek 425-649-7165

Last updated May 2012