Watershed Management Plan - Mason County
Watershed Management Plan - Mason County
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Key Issues and Options – Water Quality<br />
Appendix<br />
C<br />
Appendix C. Key Issues and<br />
Options: Water Quality<br />
Chapter 2 identified several issues concerning WRIA 16’s water quality.<br />
This appendix presents each issue together with options, or possible<br />
strategies, that could be pursued. P lease note that although the options<br />
that follow were assembled by the <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit for consideration, the<br />
inclusion of an option in this chapter does not necessarily indicate its<br />
endorsement or recommendation by the <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit. Rather, the<br />
<strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit strove to include and consider a wide variety of options. As<br />
a result, any credible option suggested in <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit meetings was<br />
included in this plan for consideration and evaluation.<br />
Issue: Too Few Data<br />
Too few water-quality data exist in WRIA 16 to fully support some water<br />
resources decisions. For example, more data are needed to understand the<br />
sources and extent of fecal coliform pollution and to more clearly<br />
document and plan for concerns in rapidly-developing areas such as the<br />
South Shore sub-basin. Data pertaining to the dissolved oxygen problem in<br />
Hood Canal are being collected by the Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen<br />
Program (HCDOP, 2005), but other efforts may be needed, particularly for<br />
other parameters within WRIA 16 streams.<br />
Following are several options the WRIA 16 <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit and other<br />
stakeholders could pursue to expand water-quality monitoring and more<br />
fully integrate water-quality data into water resource planning.<br />
Option 27.<br />
Implement the WRIA 16 Surface Water Quality<br />
Monitoring <strong>Plan</strong> As-Is<br />
The WRIA 16 <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit contracted with Envirovision Co. to prepare a<br />
Surface Water Quality Monitoring Strategy (Envirovision, 2003). The strategy,<br />
published in September 2003, presents a recommended approach to<br />
gathering, analyzing, and reporting water-quality data in WRIA 16’s streams.<br />
The <strong>Plan</strong>ning Unit could recommend that this plan be implemented in its<br />
current form.<br />
Option 28.<br />
Implement select, revised, or prioritized<br />
recommendations from the WRIA 16 Surface<br />
Water Quality Monitoring <strong>Plan</strong><br />
WRIA 16’s Surface Water Quality Monitoring <strong>Plan</strong> (Envirovision, 2003)<br />
recommends an approach to gathering, analyzing, and reporting water-<br />
Final <strong>Plan</strong> for <strong>County</strong> Adoption – May 11, 2006 page 109