Decline In Water Quality
- Monitoring studies revealed a decline in the lake water quality.
- Contributing factors are:
- sediment
- external nutrient loading from development
- land use practices within the basin.
- There is no public water treatment and distribution system within the basin.
- Deteriorating water quality could eventually present a public health and safety issue.
- The Whatcom County Stormwater Division initiated a stormwater planning effort for the Lake Samish Basin in 2009.
Lake Samish Basin Comprehensive Stormwater Plan
After a series of public meetings, research, and engineering analysis, the Lake Samish Basin Comprehensive Stormwater Plan was approved and adopted by the Whatcom County Council on March 11, 2014. See
Resolution 2014-014 (PDF) for more information.