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Welcome to the Water Resources Program

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We are proud to participate in the Puget Sound Starts Here campaign.
Puget Sound Starts Here

staff checks a catch basinThe Water Resources Program performs a wide array of activities to protect the health of streams, lakes and Puget Sound. Much of our work is focused on reducing pollution and erosion caused by stormwater runoff -- from the time rainwater hits pavement, to the time it enters a body of water or the ground. We keep a watch over our water bodies through an extensive monitoring program, while Stream Team volunteers work to restore our local rivers and streams. Our work is guided by basin plans and watershed characterizations that take into account the unique characteristics and challenges in each watershed.  We also proudly support the work of the lake management districts at Long Lake and Lake Lawrence.

The Water Resources Program is part of the Thurston County Resource Stewardship Department.

 

Water Resource Programs
Stormwater Utilitystormwater catch basin
Efforts to reduce pollution and erosion caused by contaminated stormwater runoff.
Monitoring groundwater monitoring
Temperature, stream flow, precipitation and groundwater monitoring data.
Basin Plansbasin planning
Thorough investigations into the water problems and potential solutions within drainage basins.
Watershed Characterizationswatershed characterizations
Science-based examinations of the natural features of watersheds that are used for policymaking.
Thurston County Lakesthurston county lakes
Programs to protect the quality of water in Long Lake and Lake Lawrence.
Stream TeamThurston County Stream Team
A volunteer-based program to protect and enhance streams, rivers, lakes and Puget Sound.
Woodland Creek Pollution Reductionwoodland creek
Efforts to reduce pollution that flows into Woodland Creek and out into Henderson Inlet.