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COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
STATE OF WASHINGTON
In the matter of the amending
the Centennial Clean Water Grant
to implement the Quilcene/Dabob Bays
Watershed Action Plan
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RESOLUTION NO.
104-92
WHEREAS, the Quilcene/Dabob Bays Watershed Action Plan identified harbor seals as
a source of fecal contamination in Quilcene Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Quilcene/Dabob Bays Watershed Action Plan recommends as a high
priority that Jefferson County develop a monitoring plan to determine the relative success of
source controls; and
WHEREAS, the 1992 removal of a log boom in the closed are of Quilcene Bay appears
to have resulted in a reduction in the local seal population; and
WHEREAS, the change in the seal population provides an opportunity to assess the
relative impact of seals on the problems of fecal contamination; and
WHEREAS, the Centennial Clean Water Fund Grant # TAX 90094 for implementing
the Quilcene/Dabob Bays Watershed Action Plan provides for the use of funds retained as a
contingency for unanticipated circumstances related to water quality assessment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Jefferson County enter into an amendment to
the Centennial Clean Water Fund Grant # TAX 90094 for Implementing the Quilcene/Dabob
Bays Watershed Action Plan to conduct a special monitoring program to assess the impact of
the seal population on the water quality of Quilcene Bay.
ADOPTED this
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,1992.
SEAL:
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PURPOSE
Use of the contingency fund would take advantage of the marine
fecal coliform monitoring being conducted by the Washington
Department of Health (DOH) in the portion of Quilcene Bay closed
to shellfish harvesting. Conditions may have improved since the
closure due to agricultural and septic improvements as well as to
a reduction in the local seal population due to the removal of a
log boom, their favorite haul-out. Quilcene residents and others
have always questioned the seals' contribution to the fecal
coliform pollution. This short term study would take advantage of
the reduced seal population as well as current monitoring by DOH
to help address this question.
SCOPE OF WORK
Coordinate a freshwater and seal monitoring plan in northern
Quilcene Bay with marine fecal coliform monitoring conducted by the
Washington Department of Health (DOH).
Freshwater Monitoring
Sample downstream sites (same sites as in previous studies)
in the Big Quilcene River, Little Quilcene River, Donovan Creek,
and Cemetery Drain. Parameters to be sampled are flow, fecal
coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, temperature,
turbidity, and total suspended solids. Collect samples monthly
from November to March on the same day that DOH conducts marine
sampling.
If DOH conducts intensive marine
consecutive periods during the period
conduct freshwater sampling on the same
described above).
Fecal coliform analyses will be conducted by DOH; other
analyses will be conducted by Jefferson County..
sampling for two 4-day
from November to March,
days (same parameters as
Seal Monitoring
Conduct seal counts one or two days before conducting water
analysis, or if necessary within one or two days after taking water
samples. Use the same procedure used previously by Calambokidis
and McLaughlin (1987).
Products and Benchmarks
I. Brief report on sampling activity, and interaction with DOH -
submitted within 5 days following each sampling event.
.;l. A final water quality report which compares water quality data
collected under this element to data collected in the past.
Determine if water quality at the mouths of four tributaries to
Quilcene Bay has changed significantly over time. If change has
occurred, relate change to agricultural and on-site improvem~ts
that have occurred, accounting for changes in environmental factors
(rainfall, etc.). Also, assess (if the data allow) whether fecal
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coliform levels in the closed northern portion of Quilcene Bay have
changed as a result of changes in the displacement of seal
populations - final report due April 30, 1992.
BUDGET
Project period November 2, 1992 to April 30, 1993.
Salary
Benefits
Expenses1
$5,470
1,807
723
$8,000
County
$1367.50
451. 75
180.75
$2000.00
State
$4102.50
1355.25
542.25
$6000.00
In-Kind and Cash Matches
In-kind and cash matches will be worked out within the near
future.
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