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Posted on: August 1, 2016

[ARCHIVED] Snohomish County Executive & Public Works to Discuss Water Quality

Contact:
Allison Tabiando                                Fay Lim
Communications Specialist II          Communications Supervisor
Allison.Tabiando@snoco.org           Fay.Lim@snoco.org
425-388-3126                                   425-388-6413

Snohomish County Executive and Public Works to Discuss Water Quality in the Stillaguamish Basin

                                                                                                                                                                           

County Executive Dave Somers is guest speaker at the Free Shellfish Dinner in Stanwood

                                                                             on Saturday, August 13

EVERETT, Wash., August 1, 2016 – Join Snohomish County and partners at the fourth annual Free Shellfish Dinner on Saturday, August 13, 2016. The event, hosted by Sound Salmon Solutions, will be held at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center in Stanwood, WA from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. In addition to exhibits and the free shellfish dinner, Snohomish County representatives are scheduled to present starting at approximately 4:00 p.m.

Speakers include:

  • County Executive Dave Somers
  • Public Works Surface Water Management (SWM) Director Will Hall
  • Public Works SWM Water Quality Monitoring Program Manager Steve Britsch
  • Public Works SWM Stillaguamish Shellfish Protection Program Manager Sean Edwards

Topics include an overview of Snohomish County’s role in Puget Sound’s ecosystem recovery, how SWM can assist Stillaguamish River Clean Water District (CWD) residents, a CWD water quality update, and an update on the Lower Stillaguamish Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Program.

For more information and to attend the Free Shellfish Dinner, RSVP at www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/shellfishdinner2016. RSVP is required to attend.

To learn more about the CWD, visit: cwd.surfacewater.info.

For information on the PIC Program, visit: www.snohomishcountywa.gov/LowerStillyPIC.

                                                      

About Snohomish County Public Works

The Snohomish County Public Works Department employs approximately 600 staff members that develop and maintain county roads; control and manage surface water quantity, quality, and fish habitats; and oversee the recycling and disposal of solid waste. The department’s main office is located at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA  98201. For more information about Snohomish County Public Works, visit www.snohomishcountywa.gov/PublicWorks.

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