Fix Stormwater and Sewage Leaks

 

While contemplating a purchase in 1999, NRDA Trustees detected sewage odor in the beach area. PCRS has a Clover Park Technical College Environmental Technician class perform a fecal coliform analysis at the mouth of the creek, at low tide during both a rain and a non-rain event. Due to high results, the Public Works Department and the city did their own fecal coliform test and hydrocarbon analysis. The results showed extremely high levels of fecal and extremely low levels of hydrocarbon. The source was discovered and repaired. PCRS has done other fecal coliform tests and has had Dr. Barry Goldstein's class at the University of Puget Sound do some testing on the feeder source streams for ponds. These feeder streams are in the Gardens section of the Puget Creek Watershed.

 

There was also a sewer repair project in the No. Union Ave. and No. 30th St. area for which the city had to dig up a substantial area in the Gulch, which PCRS subsequently replanted with native vegetation, paid for by the city.

 

Over the course of only a couple years, there were four sanitary and storm sewer line breaks investigated by PCRS* and other concerned citizens in the Gulch area. Luckily, PCRS* was able to convince Public Works to repair all of them.

 

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