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The following table lists overview information for water quality improvement projects (also known as total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs) for this water resource inventory area (WRIA). Please use links (where available) for more information on a project.
For more information about WRIA 1 please see www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/watersheds/wriapages/01.html (Environmental Assessment Program website).
To get additional information about the waterbodies in WRIA 1 please use the Water Quality Assessment Simple Query Tool.
| Waterbody Name | Pollutant(s) |
Status |
TMDL Lead(s)/Contacts |
| Bellingham Bay | Sediment bioassay Mercury Phenol PCBs Zinc Arsenic Lead Copper Wood waste |
Approved by EPA Implementation Plan completed |
Steve Hood (360-715-5200) |
| Johnson Creek | Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform |
Approved by EPA Implementation Plan completed |
Steve Hood (360-715-5200) |
| Lake Whatcom | Dissolved Oxygen Fecal Coliform Phophorus |
Under Development |
Steve Hood (360-715-5200) |
| Fecal Coliform | Approved by EPA Implementation Plan completed |
Steve Hood (360-715-5200) |
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| Sumas River | Ammonia-N BOD Chlorine |
Approved by EPA |
Steve Hood (360-715-5200) |
| Whatcom Creek | Fecal Coliform Temperature |
Under Development |
Steve Hood |
* The Department of Ecology and other state resource agencies frequently use a system of 62 "Water Resource Inventory Areas" or "WRIAs" to refer to the state's major watershed basins.
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