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Stories for WRIA 9*

Duwamish-Green

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)
- Wheel-of-Water: Turns heads toward terrific new behaviors to protect aquatic treasures
  Ecology found a way to compete for attention at fairs and other events while getting our water quality message across in a fun and entertaining way. A very impressive 30-inch "Wheel-of-Fortune"-type device engages people using a solid and attractive spinning wheel that could be safely manipulated by even small children, and brightly colored graphics from Water Quality′s series of light-hearted graphics from the "Washington Waters – Ours to Protect."
Control Stormwater Pollution
- Low Impact Development Stormwater Grant Program: King County - Military Road and 272nd Street Intersection Improvement Project
  King County wanted to demonstrate that low impact development (LID) can be cost-effective, in spite of constraints usually encountered in capital projects for arterial roadways. This improvement project, at the intersection of Military Road and 272nd Street in King County, incorporated two LID technologies to meet stormwater management requirements.
Provide Financial Assistance
- Understanding and Controlling Sea Lettuce in Dumas Bay (also see Other, Water-Quality Related)
  In 2005, residents living along Dumas Bay noticed excessive amounts of sea lettuce and a very strong odor in the air. In 2007, Federal Way began consulting with Ecology about the problem, as well as working with the Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Resources, and Health; Lake Haven Utility District, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and local residents. They developed two separate grants to address sea lettuce in Dumas Bay.
Cleanup Polluted Waters
Other, Water-Quality Related
- Understanding and Controlling Sea Lettuce in Dumas Bay (also under Provide Financial Assistance)
  In 2005, residents living along Dumas Bay noticed excessive amounts of sea lettuce and a very strong odor in the air. In 2007, Federal Way began consulting with Ecology about the problem, as well as working with the Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Resources, and Health; Lake Haven Utility District, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and local residents. They developed two separate grants to address sea lettuce in Dumas Bay.

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* The Department of Ecology and other state resource agencies frequently use a system of "Watershed Resource Inventory Areas" or "WRIAs" to refer to the state's major watershed basins.

Last updated March 2012