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Article: ECOLOGY LAUNCHES DISSOLVED OXYGEN STUDY FOR SOUTH PUGET SOUND
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 10, 2006
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The Washington state Department of Ecology issued the following news release:
Officials at the Department of Ecology (Ecology) are concerned that depleted levels of dissolved oxygen in some areas of South Puget Sound could trigger the same water-quality crisis now bedeviling areas in Hood Canal.
Ecology is launching a $400,000 study that will include taking regular water quality samples at about 80 marine locations throughout South Puget Sound. The department will use the information to pinpoint problem areas, track potential pollution sources and solve dissolved oxygen problems in the region.
The study area focuses mainly on the marine waters that border parts of Pierce, Thurston and ...