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The Clean Water Program News, Reports and Information

Reauthorization of the Skagit County Shellfish Protection District May 7, 2019

Clean Samish Newsletters and Updates

2020 Clean Samish Newsletter
2019 Clean Samish Newsletter
2018 Clean Samish Newsletter
2018 Clean Samish Initiative Update
2017 Clean Samish Newsletter
2016 Clean Samish Newsletter
2015 Clean Samish Newsletter
2013 Clean Samish Newsletter
2011 Clean Samish Newsletter
2010 Fall Clean Samish Initiative Report

Padilla Bay Newsletters

2020 | 2019 | 2017

Pollution Identification & Correction (PIC) Annual Reports

2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Clean Water Annual Reports

2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

Related Reports and Information

2019-2020 MST Results
Chemical Tracers Study 2019 Update
2010-2018 Clean Water Program Factsheet
2018 Human Bacteria Source Tracking With Trained Dogs
2015-2016 Human Bacteria Source Tracking With Trained Dogs
Quality Assurance Project Plan for Skagit County Public Works Clean Samish Initiative Implementation Water Quality Monitoring Program
University of Washington CSI Outreach Assessment report

Videos

The Samish River: A Clean Water Initiative
Natural Resource Stewardship Program
Clean Water YouTube Channel

Other Information

Skagit County Pollution Identification and Correction Program – Samish and Padilla Watersheds [November 2017]
Samish Bay Fact Sheet
Samish Bay Questions and Answers

Results of Skagit County's Microbial Source Tracking project in the Samish Basin
SKAGIT COUNTY - On September 8, 2011 Skagit County personnel and invited experts presented the preliminary findings from the County's Microbial Source Tracking project in the Samish Basin. This project was designed to help determine sources of fecal coliform bacteria in the Samish Basin.
The Samish Bay suffers from severe fecal coliform bacteria pollution issues. Bacteria in the Samish River, other streams, and the bay often reach levels too high for safe shellfish harvest, recreation, and food production. In recent years, this problem has become the focus of the Clean Samish Initiative. The problem has also attracted the attention of federal, state, and county environmental inspectors as they pursue cleaner water and safer shellfish in the bay.

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