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Stories for Ecology's Southwest Region
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)
- Vancouver Helps Protect Vancouver′s Water
(see also Prevent Point Source Pollution; Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution; Provide Financial Assistance; and Cleanup Polluted Waters)
The
city of Vancouver created a consensus team, made up of representatives of
environmental, business, industry, and regulatory groups. They patiently
worked through their differences to develop an ordinance and other resources
to protect the city′s surface, storm, and ground waters.
- Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution
(excluding water cleanup, stormwater, and financial assistance)
- Chehalis Basin
Education Consortium: Educating Teachers, Students, and the Community
This outreach and education consortium teaches local schoolchildren and
citizens about the importance of protecting the quality of their local water
bodies. The consortium provides hands-on experience in water quality
monitoring, riparian restoration, and other projects.
-
Skokomish River TMDL
Cleans Up Bacteria
A cooperative effort with Ecology, residents, the Skokomish
Tribe, upland and marine-based businesses, local, state, and federal
agencies contributed to the cleanup of the Skokomish River.
- Vancouver Helps Protect Vancouver′s Water
(see also Prevent Point Source Pollution; Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution; Provide Financial Assistance; and Cleanup Polluted Waters)
The
city of Vancouver created a consensus team, made up of representatives of
environmental, business, industry, and regulatory groups. They patiently
worked through their differences to develop an ordinance and other resources
to protect the city′s surface, storm, and ground waters.
- Control Stormwater Pollution
-
City of Olympia
-- Decatur Street LID Demonstration Project
Stormwater runoff
from two blocks of Decatur Street SW from 9th to 11th Avenues entered the
traditional stormwater system that currently pipes the runoff to Schneider
Creek and into Puget Sound. During 2007 and 2008, the city of Olympia
re-constructed those two blocks for a low impact development (LID)
demonstration site.
- Vancouver Helps Protect Vancouver′s Water
(see also Prevent Point Source Pollution; Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution; Provide Financial Assistance; and Cleanup Polluted Waters)
The
city of Vancouver created a consensus team, made up of representatives of
environmental, business, industry, and regulatory groups. They patiently
worked through their differences to develop an ordinance and other resources
to protect the city′s surface, storm, and ground waters.
- Provide Financial Assistance
- Aquatic Invasive Plants: Removing Brazilian
Elodea from Battle Ground Lake
Joint project with Department of Ecology and Battle Ground State Park to work
on eradicating Brazilian Elodea from a freshwater lake.
- Vancouver Helps Protect Vancouver′s Water
(see also Prevent Point Source Pollution; Reduce Nonpoint Source
Pollution; Control Stormwater Pollution; and Cleanup Polluted Waters)
The
city of Vancouver created a consensus team, made up of representatives of
environmental, business, industry, and regulatory groups. They patiently
worked through their differences to develop an ordinance and other resources
to protect the city′s surface, storm, and ground waters.
- Cleanup Polluted Waters
- Aquatic Invasive Plants: Removing Brazilian
Elodea from Battle Ground Lake
Joint project with Department of Ecology and Battle Ground State Park to work
on eradicating Brazilian Elodea from a freshwater lake.
- Cleaning up Salmon Creek: Stakeholder Commitment Makes a Difference
In 2001, a temperature and turbidity TMDL was approved for the Salmon Creek watershed in Clark County. Dedicated stakeholders have completed a number of implementation activities since 2001. A recent Ecology report analyzing 20 years of water quality data collected in the watershed indicates that the implementation activities have resulted in significant improvements in water quality.
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Grayland Cranberry Growers Get Pesticides Out of Water and Reduce Costs
In 1996, cranberry growers were un a difficult
position when water samples showed high levels of pesticides in Grayland Ditch. The local cranberry
economy was so fragile that most growers couldn't afford to install new best management practices. In order to address the economic and social concerns, as well as water quality, the Washington Department of Ecology decided to try a non-regulatory, direct-implementation approach.
- Vancouver Helps Protect Vancouver′s Water
(see also Prevent Point Source Pollution; Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution; Control Stormwater Pollution;
and Provide Financial Assistance)
The
city of Vancouver created a consensus team, made up of representatives of
environmental, business, industry, and regulatory groups. They patiently
worked through their differences to develop an ordinance and other resources
to protect the city′s surface, storm, and ground waters.
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