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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 the Puyallup River Tributaries Effectiveness Monitoring StoryMap. This StoryMap displays the most up-to-date water quality data from Ecology's effectiveness monitoring study, shows progress toward the TMDL fecal coliform (FC) targets and maps ongoing restoration projects throughout the watershed. Data can be also downloaded from Ecology’s Environmental Information Management database. If the StoryMap has not yet been updated, you can alternatively explore Ecology's provisional data on this Tableau data visualization page (for study years 2-4) or this page (for year 5).

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

April 15, 2024: Annual Puyallup Partnership Meeting

Meeting Agenda
Presentation--Five Years of Data on the Plateau: Water Quality is Not Improving -Department of Ecology, Julian Sammons
Presentation--Proposed Priority Implementation Reaches

January 16, 2024: Quarterly Data-sharing Partnership Meeting

Meeting Agenda
Presentation-- Quarterly Data Results July 2023-Sept 2023 Department of Ecology, Julian Sammons

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
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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