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WATER QUALITY DEPARTMENT
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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 and wildlife habitat by using available local, state, and federal funding effectively and efficiently.
This department implements the following strategic objectives for the 2013 Budget:
Addressing locally identified public environmental health issues.
Protecting and ensuring adequate clean water supplies for citizens, the shellfish industry and wildlife.
Protecting and enhancing natural resources.
Operating within a business plan based on sustainable resources, measured performance, and outstanding customer service.
Goal Objective Task Performance
Measure
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2012
Projected
2013
Projected
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 weekly 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
3 6 6 6 6
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 Creek
# of water quality
stations monitored:
Salmon & Snow Creeks
# of water quality
stations monitored: Hood
Canal watershed
Miles of shoreline
surveyed for pollution
# of stream gauges
maintained
17
28
19
0
77
8
17
0
19
0
89
7
9
28
0
18
45
0
0
28
0
18
45
0
0
0
19
17
40
0
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Goal Objective Task Performance
Measure
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2012
Projected
2013
Projected
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
241
--
418
--
--
--
300
--
300
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
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 mailed
# of water quality reports
posted on JCPH webpage
1,450
0
6,000
1
12,000
5
12,250
6
1,000
1
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
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
# of swimming beaches
monitored
3 6 3 3 3
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Goal Objective Task Performance
Measure
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2012
Projected
2013
Projected
focusing on actions citizens
can take to keep our water
clean and productive.
relevant information
needs to quickly
disseminated.
Goal 7:
The public will stay
informed about the
safety of recreational
shellfish beaches relative
to biotoxin threats and
will be educated on
emerging threats such as
Diarrhetic Shellfish
Poisoning.
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.
Maintain and improve JCPH
water quality webpage and
other outreach activities.
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.
Update website with
pertinent information
when found.
# of beaches monitored
for shellfish safety
7 7 7 7 7
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
0 0 0 0 6
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.
# of Clean Water District
Advisory Council
meetings held
0 0 2 4 2
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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: 2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Projected
2013
Planned
Lakes monitored for cyanobacteria 9 9 9 4 3 6 6 6
Water quality stations monitored: Chimacum Creek 0 40 40 28 28 0 28 0
Water quality stations monitored: Salmon & Snow Creeks 0 17 0 19 19 19 0 19
Water quality stations monitored: Hood Canal watershed 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 17
Miles of shoreline surveyed for pollution N/A 5 49 76 77 89 45 40
Marine water quality stations monitored N/A 7 7 7 17 17 9 0
Sanitary surveys completed N/A N/A N/A 259 241 418 300 300
Beaches monitored for shellfish safety 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Swimming beaches monitored 0 2 3 4 3 6 3 3
Stream gauges maintained 8 8 9 8 8 7 0 0
Clean Water District Advisory Council meetings held 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2