Spending on WQ Monitoring
(in thousand $)

WQ Monitoring Activity

 2011 Sewer Rate Changes

2011 Proposed Budget Restored Elements

 Implications of Remaining Reductions

 2010

Adopted Sewer Rate

2011 Proposed Budget

Swimming Beaches

Eliminate:
- Fecal monitoring in May & October
- Toxic algae monitoring in May

All sewer rate proposed reductions

None

$286

$226

$286

Large Lakes

Eliminate:
- 3 temp monitoring points
- 20 lake sediment samples
- Phytoplankton/zooplankton samples
Reduce sampling sites from 25 to 9

Phytoplankton/ zooplankton sampling

Less data on lake health
Less ability to post/lift fish advisories

$1,100

$708

$727

Stream Quality

Reduce number of monitoring sites
Reduce resources for source tracking

Source tracking

Less data on runoff impacts, effectiveness of land use & storm water management

$822

$407

$505

Marine Waters

Eliminate metal bioaccumulation tests
Reduce redundant sampling sites
Reduce phytoplankton sampling

Phytoplankton sampling

Less data on discharge impacts to Puget Sound

$1,542

$1,317

$1,357

Stream Flow & Temp

Reduce analysis time by half

All sewer rate proposed reductions

None

$270

$250

$270

Stream Macro-invertebrate

Reduce sampling sites from 130 to 90

All sewer rate proposed reductions

None

$125

$85

$125

Surcharge Program (IW Discharges)

Reduce sampling frequency for facilities with sampling history

None

None, rely on historical sampling

$303

$200

$200

Metals Discharges

Discontinue daily metals monitoring

None

None, levels stable & trend data from permit monitoring

$75

$0

$0