September 25, 2019 update:
Thank You – Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility
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Washington State Dept. of Health status updated Dec 2nd, 2018.
Source: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife OAK HARBOR BEACH PARK
“State Dept. of Health cautions that Clams, Oysters and Mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”
“Water Quality Comment: This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Sounds like the sewage treatment plant is sending unsafe product into local waters?
Frequent updates to the recreational shellfish safety map are posted at the bottom of this WDFW page.
Previous month:
November 16, 2018 Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor’s sewage plant up and running
Article indicates the cost of the project is $142 million.
November 30, 2018 Whidbey News-Times
Ceremony celebrates sewage treatment plant coming online
“…ribbon cutting Thursday for the city’s new, state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant.”
We’re not seeing any signs of improvement over the past 5 months.
Prior to Earth Day 2020, we’ll watch and see how local conditions change. We’ll look for newspeople to ask public policy questions Re:
How long has Oak Harbor been an unsafe location for recreational shellfish harvesting?
If the state of the art sewage treatment plant went online in November of 2018, how was sewage being processed last summer?
When did the sewage treatment plant project begin?
If the old sewage treatment system was failing-when did it begin to fail?
Will the new sewage treatment plant allow for safe recreational shellfish harvesting at Oak Harbor? If not, why not?
How long will it take for recreational shellfish harvest conditions to become safe related to sewage treatment plant outfall?
Over at Penn Cove-
Images taken on March 24, 2019 site visit.
A situation linked to the Oak Harbor sewage treatment plant? Waiting for newspeople to let us know.
More here:
Oak Harbor – State Of The Art Sewage Treatment Plant
Does hometown pride get in the way of newspeople asking questions?
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