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Puyallup River Watershed Improvement Project

Boise Creek after February 2021 Rain Event

Puyallup River Basin TMDL Webpage | Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring Webpage
Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring StoryMap

Measuring progress and monitoring effectiveness

Ecology studies three tributaries in the White/Puyallup River watershed — Boise, Pussyfoot, and Second Creeks — for ten years to determine the effectiveness of best management plan (BMP) implementation and restoration projects in the watershed. Ecology monitors near the mouth of each creek monthly for all ten years to track the status and trends of water quality conditions. Every five years of the study, monitoring involves a more intensive effort of visiting approximately 30 sites twice per month. Ecology also conducts source-tracing activities to identify and eliminate pollution sources near sites that have particularly high concentrations of bacteria or nutrients.

More information can be found be found at the project’s Effectiveness Monitoring Webpage.

Explore water quality data from the watershed

Ecology's multi-parameter water quality data are updated at this data visualization page. The Tableau site has the most up-to-date sampling data for Ecology. The Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring StoryMap has additional background information and displays data from past years, but may not be updated as regularly. Data can be also downloaded directly from Ecology’s Environmental Information Management database.

The Puyallup River Watershed Partnership partners, including King County Stormwater Services, Washington State Department of Agriculture, and Ecology, update bacteria data on the Whatcom Conservation District StoryMap. This StoryMap allows multiple partners to share and map information in one place.

You can explore King County Stormwater Services bacteria data for Puyallup tributaries of the Enumclaw Plateau on these Tableau data visualization pages:

Bacteria data results for Pussyfoot Creek

Bacteria data results for Second Creek

Bacteria data results for Boise Creek

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Publications

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Meeting Materials

January 21, 2025: Quarterly Data-sharing Partnership Meeting

October 21, 2024: Quarterly Data-sharing Partnership Meeting

April 18, 2022: Annual Puyallup Partnership Meeting

April 18th Puyallup Partnership Meeting Minutes
Presentation- Ecology Water Quality Monitoring 2021-22 Results - Department of Ecology Molly Gleason
Presentation- Natural Resources Conservation Service - Department of Agriculture, Lynn Khuat
Presentation- KCSWS Puyallup-White River Partnership Meeting - King County Stormwater Services, Cameron Chapman
Presentation- Restoration Activities at Enumclaw Golf Course - City of Enumclaw, Eric Palmer
Plan- Boise Creek Restoration Plan - Enumclaw Plateau Community Association, Bernie McKinney

January 10, 2022: Quarterly Water Quality Data Sharing Meeting

Meeting Minutes
Presentation- Ecology October-December 2021 Quarterly Update (Molly Gleason)

October 11, 2021: Quarterly Water Quality Data Sharing Meeting

King County Puyallup-White Plan 2019 - 2024 (Cameron Chapman)
Presentation- King County October Data Share (Cameron Chapman)
Presentation- Ecology 2021 Quarterly Update (Molly Gleason)

May 10, 2021: Annual Puyallup Multiparameter Improvement Project Partner Meeting, Session 2

Meeting Agenda and Minutes - Session 2

March 15, 2021: Annual Puyallup Multiparameter Improvement Project Partner Meeting, Session 1

Meeting Agenda and Minutes - Session 1
Presentation - Enumclaw Water Quality 101 - Donovan Gray, Department of Ecology
Presentation - Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring - Molly Gleason, Department of Ecology
Presentation - Fish and the Enumclaw Plateau - Kollin Higgins, King County Dept. of Natural Rresources and Parks
Presentation - Water and Soil on the Enumclaw Plateau - Michael Isensee, WSDA Dairy Nutrient Management Program
Presentation - Regional Conservation Partnership Program - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Documents

File Name	File Size	Description	Category	Date Added
Quarterly Enumclaw Data-sharing Meeting Notes Jan 21 2025.pdf	94.9 KB	Meeting notes from January 2025 meeting Meeting notes from January 2025 meeting	Meeting notes	02/03/25 11:44 AM
Quarterly Data-sharing Meeting Agenda January 2025.pdf	233.2 KB	Agenda for quarterly meeting 1/21/25 Agenda for quarterly meeting 1/21/25	Meeting Agenda	02/03/25 11:34 AM
WhiteRiver_MST_20250121_notes.pdf	2.7 MB	Presentation on septic contributions to fecal poll... Presentation on septic contributions to fecal pollution on the plateau	Presentations	02/03/25 11:31 AM
Puyallup Water Quality Partnership Annual Meeting April 2024.pdf	3.8 MB	Puyallup Water Quality Partnership Annual Meeting ... Puyallup Water Quality Partnership Annual Meeting slides, including proposed reach prioritization	Presentations	10/28/24 10:00 AM
Compliance & Enforcement 101 for Enumclaw.pdf	4.3 MB	Overview of Ecology's compliance and enforcement w... Overview of Ecology's compliance and enforcement workflow on the Plateau	Presentations	10/23/24 04:43 PM
Quarterly Data-sharing Meeting Agenda October 2024.pdf	238.3 KB	Meeting agenda for Puyallup Partnership October 20... Meeting agenda for Puyallup Partnership October 2024 meeting	Meeting Agenda	10/23/24 04:35 PM
WhiteRiver_presentation_Stormwater Services_20241021.pdf	1.5 MB	Update from King County Stormwater Services on fut... Update from King County Stormwater Services on future monitoring plans	Presentations	10/23/24 04:34 PM
Year5_Q4_Quarterly_Report.pdf	2.6 MB	Report covering data April 2024--July 2024 Report covering data April 2024--July 2024	Report	10/23/24 04:32 PM
Year5_Q3_Quarterly_Report.pdf	2.9 MB	Report covering data January 2024-March 2024 Report covering data January 2024-March 2024	Report	07/15/24 09:49 AM
Quarterly Data-sharing Meeting Agenda July 2024.pdf	235.5 KB	Agenda for quarterly meeting 7/15/24 Agenda for quarterly meeting 7/15/24	Meeting Agenda	07/08/24 04:59 PM
Lower White River pH TMDL Implementation Plan.pdf	2.9 MB	Detailed implementation plan for the Lower White R... Detailed implementation plan for the Lower White River Total Maximum Daily Load	Report	04/16/24 05:26 PM
Quarterly Data-sharing Meeting Agenda April 2024.pdf	266.2 KB	Meeting agenda for Puyallup Partnership annual mee... Meeting agenda for Puyallup Partnership annual meeting, 4/15/2024	None	04/16/24 05:01 PM
AnnualMeeting_April2024.pdf	4.6 MB	Presentation summarizing five years of water quali... Presentation summarizing five years of water quality data through early 2024	Presentations	04/16/24 04:58 PM
Year5_Q2_Quarterly_Report.pdf	1.8 MB	Report covering data Oct 2023-Dec 2023 Report covering data Oct 2023-Dec 2023	Report	04/16/24 04:56 PM
Lower White River TMDL Technical Analysis and Allocations.pdf	21.3 MB	Lower White River pH TMDL Technical Analysis and A... Lower White River pH TMDL Technical Analysis and Allocations	Report	01/19/24 02:19 PM
QuarterlyMeeting_Jan2024.pdf	1.9 MB	Presentation of data for July 2022-June 2023 Presentation of data for July 2022-June 2023	Presentations	01/19/24 02:07 PM
Quarterly Data-sharing Meeting Agenda 11624.pdf	173.9 KB	Agenda for quarterly meeting 1/16/24 Agenda for quarterly meeting 1/16/24	None	01/19/24 02:05 PM
AnnualReport_Year4.pdf	1.5 MB	Report covering data July 2022-June 2023 Report covering data July 2022-June 2023	Report	01/19/24 01:51 PM
Year5_Q1_Quarterly_Report.pdf	1 MB	Report covering data July 2023--Sept 2023 Report covering data July 2023--Sept 2023	Report	01/19/24 01:49 PM
Interagency Meeting Presentation_1_10_21.pdf	2.2 MB	Puyallup River Tributaries Quarterly Update- Oct-D... Puyallup River Tributaries Quarterly Update- Oct-Dec 2021	Presentations	01/12/22 02:22 PM
Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring Quarterly Report_Jul-Sept 2020.pdf	918.3 KB	Monitoring Report Monitoring Report	None	05/20/21 07:34 AM
Puyallup Tribs Effectiveness Monitoring Report_October 2019 to March 2020.pdf	2.8 MB	Monitoring Report Monitoring Report	None	05/20/21 07:33 AM
Puyallup Tribs Effectiveness Monitoring Quarterly Report Jul-Sep 2019.pdf	2 MB	Monitoring Report Monitoring Report	None	05/20/21 07:31 AM
Pussyfoot Creek and Second Creek Fecal Coliform Characterization Montioring Report.pdf	1.1 MB	2015 Monitoring Report 2015 Monitoring Report	Report	05/19/21 04:40 PM
Puyallup River Watershed TMDL_Water Quality Improvement Report and Implementation Plan.pdf	6.4 MB	2011 TMDL Report 2011 TMDL Report	Report	05/19/21 04:40 PM
Quality Assurance Project Plan_Lower White River pH TMDL.pdf	2.3 MB	2012 QAPP 2012 QAPP	None	05/19/21 04:37 PM
Quality Assurance Project Plan_Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring.pdf	2.9 MB	2019 QAPP 2019 QAPP	None	05/19/21 04:35 PM

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