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Water Quality stories are grouped according to the Water Quality
Program's Five
Program Activities.
Some Stories may fall under more than one category, and are referenced
accordingly.
- Prevent Point Source Pollution
(excluding water cleanup, stormwater, and financial assistance)
- Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution
(excluding water cleanup, stormwater, and financial assistance)
- Control Stormwater Pollution
- Provide Financial Assistance
- Cleanup Polluted Waters
- Okanogan Pesticide Collection Partnership: Keeping Pollution Out of the Water
In 2001, the Washington State Department of Ecology began a water quality cleanup project (also known as a TMDL) due to elevated levels of DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the lower Okanogan River watershed. Ecology staff worked with Joe Hoffman, of WA′s Department of Agriculture′s waste pesticide program, to promote a waste pesticide pickup program. To date, the program′s collection events have picked up
about sixty pounds of unused DDT pesticides in the Oroville area of the
Okanogan Valley. This is equivalent to more than 350 years of DDT pollution entering the Okanogan River from the tributaries and permitted dischargers in this area.
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2009
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