2022-2026 ACTION AGENDA EXPLORER
Fund, develop, and implement effective local and tribal nations pollution identification and correction (PIC) programs. (ID #9)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Support watershed cleanup implementation and the development of cleanup plans such as Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and other strategies to limit fecal pollution. (ID #10)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Support fishers, hikers, and other recreational users through outreach and education to understand and reduce the effects of human and pet waste on water quality. (ID #63)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Fund, develop, and implement programs to address fecal pollution from people experiencing homelessness or with inadequate access to sanitary services. (ID #156)
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 include:
Key opportunities for 2022-2026 to integrate human wellbeing considerations and climate change responses into efforts include:
Human Wellbeing
Climate Change
Ongoing programs provide regulatory oversight, technical support, implementation resources, funding, or guidance and serve as the critical foundation for Puget Sound recovery. The following is a list of example state and federal ongoing programs that help to implement this strategy. Many more local, tribal nations, and nongovernmental programs exist that support this strategy.
We are achieving our recovery goals of healthy human populations, healthy water quality, increasing functioning habitat, and thriving species and food web by ensuring that all onsite septic systems (OSS) are inventoried, inspected, maintained, and operational; reducing disease-causing (pathogenic) bacteria and viruses in stormwater runoff from residential and commercial lands, agricultural land, and recreational and outdoor activities; ensuring that levels and patterns of contamination in fish and shellfish harvested from Puget Sound waters and levels and patterns of pollutants and biotoxins in surface waters do not threaten the health of Puget Sound communities or vulnerable populations. Indicators of success include:
This indicator tracks the number of small on-site sewage systems identified and inventoried with their local health jurisdiction. On-site sewage systems are common and critical wastewater infrastructure in Puget Sound; inventorying and properly managing them is an important step to preventing negative environmental and public health impacts. This indicator can help us track on-site sewage systems in Puget Sound, supporting the proper management of these systems over time.
This indicator tracks the number of small on-site sewage systems (OSS) that have been properly inspected within the required state and local inspection schedules. OSS that are compliant with routine inspection schedules are less likely to negatively impact water quality and shellfish beds. This indicator can help us track the number of inspected systems that are compliant with state and local mandates which supports proactive assessment of pollution risks.
This indicator tracks the number of small on-site sewage systems (OSS) with an identified and unresolved failure. Though failures range in severity and potential for environmental and public health harm, OSS with unresolved failures are a leading pressure negatively impacting water quality and shellfish beds in Puget Sound. This indicator can help us track and manage OSS failures to understand progress toward minimizing unresolved failures and their resulting impacts.
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