Please check the Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map for an updated status on local beaches.
April 12, 2020 Everett Herald
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Several newspapers from around the nation have recently made the same request.
I will purchase a subscription to any Puget Sound area newspaper working to inform us on Whidbey water quality impacted by sewage treatment plant outfalls.
Several Island County beaches are now closed for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater.
This appears to be a routine/ongoing situation.
View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.
Background:
One or more sewage treatment plants are sending unsafe product into Penn Cove?
Coupeville
Another Month With An R at Captain Thomas Coupe Park – Site Visit
Love to see newspeople provide updated reporting on this:
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
Site Visit – Another Month With An R at Monroe Landing
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Is the sewage treatment plant sending unsafe product into Penn Cove?
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
More here:
Podcast 4 Another Month With An R – Whidbey Sewage Treatment Plant Outfalls
Back in 2017, Island County Public Health posted a sign at the Coupeville Wharf about restrictions on recreational shellfish harvesting.
Why no warning sign on 4/2/2020?
Whidbey Waters – Mixed Signals of Concern
Related:
Green colors show safe places for recreational shellfish
When Things Get Back To Normal
Less Pollution at Bellingham and Anacortes?
More Than A Week Since The Big Rains
Saratoga Passage Marine Stewardship Area – Any News Coverage?
Ocean Water in Snohomish County?
I’d be more interested in paying (again) for a local paper subscription if there was more in the way of investigative reporting & newspeople asking questions.
Also, please lose the guilty until proven innocent prohibitions on posting comments in various local papers.
Elimination of reader comments works against the idea of paying for an online subscription.
More here:
Manage it, don’t ban it. Online comment sections
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