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PROGRAMS: Clean Water District (DOH Shellfish Protection), Clean Water Projects (Ecology Centennial, EPA National Estuary Program, Puget Sound Partnership), Lakes
Cyanobacteria (Ecology Freshwater Algae), Shellfish Biotoxin Monitoring (DOH), BEACH (EPA/Ecology/DOH)
MISSION: The mission of the Water Quality Department is to protect public health by monitoring and responding to threats to water quality for protection of human health by
using available local, state, and federal funding effectively and efficiently.
Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013
Actual 2014
Actual 2015
Actual 2016
Actual 2017
Projected 2018
Planned
Goal 1:
Recreationalists at
popular lakes such as
Anderson Lake, Gibbs
Lake and Lake Leland
will be increasingly
aware of toxic algae
threats to human and
animal health.
Monitor all lakes with public
access from April through
September for toxins.
Maintain and improve JCPH
water quality webpage and
other outreach activities.
Sample public access
lakes for presence/
absence of algae blooms
and biotoxins.
Update website with
pertinent information
when found.
# of lakes monitored for
cyanobacteria
# of website updates
3
14
3
18
3
14
3
13
3
23
3
20
Goal 2:
Better understand water
quality trends for
parameters such as fecal
coliform, dissolved
oxygen and temperature.
Use funds awarded by the
state Centennial Clean Water
Fund to carry out Clean
Water projects.
Monitor stream flow data
from high priority streams.
Sample existing water
quality stations for fecal
coliform, dissolved
oxygen and temperature
and conduct trend
analysis.
Sample freshwater
discharges to beaches in
wet season and dry
season.
Review data collected by
other agencies.
# of marine water quality
stations monitored
# of water quality
stations monitored:
Chimacum & Ludlow
# of water quality
stations monitored:
Salmon & Snow Creeks
# of water quality
stations monitored: Hood
Canal watershed
Miles of shoreline
surveyed for pollution
0
0
19
19
60
0
0
0
20
94
0
31
0
44
94
0
52
0
19
37
16
20
20
17
57
28
0
20
21
144
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Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013
Actual 2014
Actual 2015
Actual 2016
Actual 2017
Projected 2018
Planned
Goal 3:
High priority sites for
pollution identification
and correction will be
identified and corrected.
Goal 3.5:
Land use and its effects
on water quality in
project areas will be
better understood.
Condition, status and use of
approximately 300 more
septic systems will have
been surveyed in project
areas.
Investigate public complaints
about water quality or septic
systems within 72 hours.
Incorporate agricultural
survey data from JCCD into
sanitary survey process.
Conduct educational
outreach to septic system
owners in the form of
sanitary surveys of septic
systems.
Update PIC protocol and
sanitary survey form.
# of sanitary surveys
completed
Pass/Fail
506
Pass
390
Pass
349
Pass
348
Pass
470
Pass
450
Pass
Goal 4:
Improve Leland Creek
habitat and water
quality.
Initiate Leland Creek
restoration actions. Choose a site on Leland
Creek to conduct
restoration activities. Pass / Fail Pass Pass Pass -- -- --
Goal 5:
Residents in eastern
Jefferson County will be
more aware of project
activities and actions
they can take to protect
water quality in their
neighborhood.
Prepare reports on the status
and trends of water quality in
Jefferson County.
Maintain and improve JCPH
water quality webpage and
other outreach activities.
Send newsletters to
project area residents.
Distribute literature in
person during fieldwork.
Post informational
materials, water quality
results and reports on
website.
# of newsletters
published
# water quality
brochures/fact sheets
published
# of water quality reports
posted on JCPH
webpage
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
5
2
2
4
2
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Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013
Actual 2014
Actual 2015
Actual 2016
Actual 2017
Projected 2018
Planned
Goal 6:
Recreationalists at
Jefferson County marine
beaches will be notified
of the status of water
quality in a timely and
efficient manner.
Monitor water quality at
public swimming beaches on
a weekly basis during the
swimming season to protect
public health.
Continue public education
on the importance of clean
water in Jefferson County
focusing on actions citizens
can take to keep our water
clean and productive.
Take water samples of
marine beaches and test
for water quality
Interact with the public
and partners in order to
efficiently deliver
information
Issue press releases when
relevant information
needs to quickly
disseminated.
# of swimming beaches
monitored 3 3 4 3 3 3
Goal 7:
The public will stay
informed about the
safety of recreational
shellfish beaches relative
to biotoxin threats and
will be educated on how
to get more information.
Organize a volunteer
network of shellfish
samplers to monitor for
shellfish biotoxins in a
timely and cost effective
manner. Coordinate with
Washington Department of
Health to communicate risks
from the recreational harvest
of shellfish to the public.
Take shellfish samples
from marine beaches and
test for biotoxins.
Interact with the public
and partners in order to
efficiently deliver
information.
Issue press releases and
post signs when relevant
information needs to
quickly disseminated.
# of beaches monitored
for shellfish safety
# events attended for
outreach
% press releases issued
within 24 hours of
receiving notice about
biotoxin closures
7
1
7
1
7
2
7
2
100%
7
2
100%
7
1
90%
Goal 8:
Stormwater inputs into
Port Townsend Bay will
be better known.
Monitor stormwater
discharges to Port Townsend
Bay for pathogens.
Conduct Pollution
Identification and Control
activities in program
areas.
# of shoreline
stormwater outfalls
screened for pollution 6 43 0 0 0 24
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Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013
Actual 2014
Actual 2015
Actual 2016
Actual 2017
Projected 2018
Planned
Goal 9:
Clean Water District
activities will be
evaluated for
effectiveness and
recommendations for
future work will be
made.
Clean Water District
Advisory Council meetings
will be held and evaluation
and recommendations
submitted to the Board of
County Commissioners.
Use funds awarded by the
state Centennial Clean Water
Fund to carry out Clean
Water projects.
Facilitate Clean Water
District Advisory Council
Meetings.
Prepare annual report for
Washington Department
of Health.
# of Clean Water District
Advisory Council
meetings held
Annual report posted on
website
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STUDY/ANALYSIS
The Water Quality Division plans to continue to implement the above listed programs to accomplish its mission to protect surface water quality in Jefferson County. The primary
focus remains on leveraging state grant funds with Clean Water District funds to perform Clean Water Projects in areas of need. Project areas are prioritized based on water quality
monitoring hot spots, the Washington State Department of Health shellfish early warning system, and Ecology Clean Water Act 303d listings according to the 2015 Clean Water
District Prioritized Work Plan.
The number of concurrent Clean Water Projects has increased over previous years; four are active in 2017. The Hood Canal Priority Basins project has met or exceeded all
deliverables to date and is on track to finish at the end of 2017 on or slightly under budget. The Quilcene-Dabob PIC project, although slightly delayed in 2016, has caught up on
the water quality monitoring schedule. Good progress has been made identifying pollution sources which have included both septic and agricultural sites. Some septic repairs have
been completed and others are in progress, but is too early to tell if these have resulted in water quality improvements. Some delays have occurred in the Central Hood Canal PIC
and Strait Priority Areas projects, but overall timing is still on track to achieve project milestones. Two projects that were on Ecology’s draft offer list to begin in Fall 2017, the
Northern Hood Canal PIC and Oak Bay-Mats Mats projects, are on hold due to the lack of a state capital budget. An approved staff position is also on hold pending outcome of the
Ecology budget. In the meantime, the Water Quality Division is planning a scaled back project for 2018 at existing staffing levels that combines elements from the two unfunded
projects and about half of each geographic area.
Lakes funding will be used in 2018 to support baseline monitoring in Gibbs Lake and Lake Leland and also be used as matching funds for an Ecology grant covering Anderson
Lake. No changes are anticipated in the Shellfish Biotoxin and BEACH programs.
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