3-19-2019
BOW, Wash. — Samish Bay won’t have to go through special spring pollution tests this year thanks to improved cleanliness.
The Department of Health recently decided to end the March through June evaluations for the bay and do less intense, annual evaluations instead.
Scott Berbells with the Department told the Skagit Valley Herald that skipping the spring evaluations will give them an opportunity to focus in on specific incidents of pollution.
The pollution in the Samish Bay watershed is bacterial pollution that the Herald says largely comes from failing septic systems and mismanaged livestock manure.