Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-2-2001

Keywords

Urban storm runoff, Lake Whatcom watershed

Abstract

The Park Place monitoring program is an on-going study of the effectiveness of storm water treatment in a small wet pond located in the northwestern portion of the Lake Whatcom watershed. Water quality in the Lake Whatcom watershed has been monitored since the 1960’s by researchers at Western Washington University. During this time it has been noted that the some of the streams and storm drains entering the lake contained contaminants associated with residential development. In 1990, a comprehensive storm water runoff monitoring project was undertaken by the Institute for Watershed Studies (IWS) at Western Washington University on behalf of the City of Bellingham (Walker et al., 1992). The purpose of the project was to characterize the quality of influent to the lake from the various creeks and storm drains and to build a baseline stream water quality data set.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Water quality--Washington (State)--Lake Whatcom; Water quality--Measurement; Storm sewers--Washington (State)--Bellingham

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Institute for Watershed Studies

Geographic Coverage

Lake Whatcom (Wash.)

Genre/Form

reports

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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