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| Title | Okanogan Pesticide Collection Partnership: Keeping pollution out of the water |
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Okanogan Pesticide Collection Partnership: Keeping pollution out of the water (Number of pages: 2) (Publication Size: 255KB)
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| Author(s) | Mark Peterschmidt | ||||
| Description | In 2001, the Washington State Department of Ecology began a water quality cleanup project (also known as a TMDL) due to elevated levels of DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the lower Okanogan River watershed. Ecology staff worked with Joe Hoffman, of WA’s Department of Agriculture’s waste pesticide program, to promote a waste pesticide pickup program. To date, the program’s collection events have picked up about sixty pounds of unused DDT pesticides in the Oroville area of the Okanogan Valley. This is equivalent to more than 350 years of DDT pollution entering the Okanogan River from the tributaries and permitted dischargers in this area. | ||||
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| Contact | Water Quality Program at 360-407-6600 | ||||
| Keywords | waste pesticide program, Department of Agriculture | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Water Quality Success Stories: Successes and Lessons Learned | ||||
| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Lower Okanogan River Basin DDT and PCBs Total Maximum Daily Load: Submittal Report |
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