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Title (link to summary)NumberDate (released or updated)
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Dioxin in Surface Water Sources to Oakland Bay 11-03-118December 2011
Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analyzing Chlorinated Pesticide Residues in Fish from Washington Background Lakes: Analysis of Supplemental PBTs in Non-Background Waterbodies 11-03-108-Addendum-1December 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – December 5, 2011 11-03-082December 2011
POSTER: Puget Sound Toxic Loading Analysis: Hazard Evaluation for Chemicals of Concern in the Puget Sound Basin - Methodology and Results 11-03-068December 2011
Focus on Fish Testing: Snake River Fish Tested for Chemicals 11-03-067December 2011
Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmon-Bearing Streams: DH-81 and Grab Sample Comparison Study 11-03-066December 2011
Procedures for Evaluating the Department of Ecology’s Statewide Flow Gaging Network 11-03-064December 2011
PCB, Dioxin, and Chlorinated Pesticide Sources to Vancouver Lake 11-03-063December 2011
POSTER: Seasonal Variations in Flushing Time for Quartermaster Harbor, an Enclosed Puget Sound Estuary 11-03-062December 2011
Background Characterization for Metals and Organic Compounds in Northeast Washington Lakes, Part 2: Fish Tissue 11-03-054December 2011
2012 Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program/Urban Waters Initiative: Sediment Monitoring in the San Juan Islands and Port Gardner/Everett Harbor 09-03-121-Addendum3December 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Asotin Creek Temperature Straight-to-Implementation Vegetation Study 11-03-116November 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Cherry and Ames Creeks (Snoqualmie River Tributaries) Dissolved Oxygen Study 11-03-115November 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – November 15, 2011 11-03-081November 2011
Pyrethroids in Freshwater Sediments of King County 11-03-061November 2011
Focus on Puget Sound: Puget Sound Toxics Assessment 11-03-060November 2011
Appendix D-9. Hazard Evaluation - Water Effects Summary Data 11-03-055-AppD9November 2011
Appendix D-8. Hazard Evaluation - Summary Statistics for Environmental (Observed) Data 11-03-055-AppD8November 2011
Appendices D-3 through D-7. Hazard Evaluation Figures (Plots) 11-03-055-AppD3-D7November 2011
Appendix D-2. Hazard Evaluation - Results of Prioritization 11-03-055-AppD2November 2011
Appendices D-10 through D-13. Hazard Evaluation - Sediment Guidelines, Tissue Residue Effects Data, Wildlife Effects Data, ECOTOX QA Summary 11-03-055-AppD10-D13November 2011
Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound: Assessment of Selected Toxic Chemicals in the Puget Sound Basin, 2007-2011. 11-03-055November 2011
Lake Chelan Wapato Basin Total Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Effectiveness Monitoring Report 11-03-049November 2011
Review and Critique of Current Microbial Source Tracking (MST) Techniques 11-03-038November 2011
Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound: Phase 3: Primary Sources of Selected Toxic Chemicals and Quantities Released in the Puget Sound Basin 11-03-024November 2011
Addendum to Gibbons Creek Watershed Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan 11-03-117October 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Performance Evaluation of Devices for Stormwater Particulate Sampling 11-03-113October 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Sumas-Blaine Aquifer Nitrate Contamination Summary 11-03-111October 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – October 17, 2011 11-03-080October 2011
POSTER: Calibration of a three-dimensional model of water quality in South Puget Sound 11-03-059October 2011
POSTER: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) In Puget Sound Sediments – A Baseline Update (2004-2011) 11-03-056October 2011
Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State, 2010 Sampling Results 11-03-053October 2011
POSTER: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products and Perfluorinated Chemicals in Puget Sound Sediments 11-03-051October 2011
EDB and 1,2-DCP in Domestic Groundwater Supplies, Follow-Up Investigation: Bertrand Creek Area (Whatcom County) 11-03-050October 2011
Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling Study Intermediate-scale Model Development 0903110Addendum1October 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Black Lake Grocery Groundwater Confirmational Monitoring 11-03-114September 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Elwha-Dungeness Watershed Planning Area Assessment of Gaged Streamflows by Modeling 11-03-112September 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Salmon Creek Watershed Low Dissolved Oxygen and pH Characterization Study 11-03-110September 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Type N Experimental Buffer Treatment Study in Incompetent Lithologies: Riparian Inputs, Water Quality, and Exports to Fish-Bearing Waters 11-03-109September 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analyzing Chlorinated Pesticide Residues in Fish from Washington Background Lakes 11-03-108September 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – September 12, 2011 11-03-079September 2011
Background Characterization for Metals and Organic Compounds in Northeast Washington Lakes, Part 1: Bottom Sediments 11-03-035September 2011
Sumas-Blaine Aquifer Long-Term Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network, 2009 Annual Report 11-03-015September 2011
Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Aquatic Plant Monitoring in Washington Lakes and Rivers. 11-03-106Addendum1August 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – August 8th, 2011 11-03-078August 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – July 6th, 2011 11-03-077August 2011
Tidally averaged circulation in Puget Sound sub-basins: Comparison of historical data, analytical model, and numerical model. Article in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 11-03-048August 2011
Characteristics of small headwater wetlands in second-growth forests of Washington, USA. Article in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management. 11-03-047August 2011
White Salmon River Watershed Fecal Coliform Bacteria Attainment Monitoring Study 11-03-046August 2011
PBT Chemical Trends in Washington State Determined from Age-Dated Lake Sediment Cores, 2010 Sampling Results 11-03-045August 2011
Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound Phase 3: Characterization of Loadings via Surface Runoff 11-03-107July 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Aquatic Plant Monitoring in Washington Lakes and Rivers 11-03-106July 2011
River and Stream Water Quality Monitoring Report, Water Year 2010 11-03-037July 2011
Wenatchee Watershed Planning Area: Prediction of Gaged Streamflows by Modeling 11-03-028July 2011
Groundwater Level Gauging Project: Lower Lake Roosevelt Watershed (WRIA 53), 15-03-015June 2011
Mission Creek Subwatershed Hydro-Geologic Monitoring Report 14-03-038June 2011
Chumstick Creek Subwatershed Hydro-Geologic Monitoring Report 14-03-037June 2011
Little Spokane Groundwater Elevation and Stream Flow Monitoring Project, Tech. Memo - 2011 Project Update 12-03-339June 2011
2011 Swale Creek Subbasin Water Level Monitoring Summary, WRIA 30 12-03-337June 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – June 20th, 2011 11-03-076June 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – June 06, 2011 11-03-075June 2011
Relative Importance of Wastewater Treatment Plants and Non-point Sources of Perfluorinated Compounds to Washington State Rivers 11-03-036June 2011
Focus on Nutrients and Puget Sound: Nitrogen in surface water runoff to Puget Sound 11-03-034June 2011
Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Dibenzofurans in Surface Sediments of Bellingham Bay, 2010 11-03-033June 2011
Nason Creek (Chelan County) Oxbow Reconnection Monitoring, 2010 11-03-032June 2011
Deschutes River Continuous Nitrate Monitoring 11-03-030June 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – May 4, 2011 11-03-074May 2011
Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Monitoring with SPMDs for PBTs in Washington Waters in 2009 11-03-029May 2011
POSTER: Nitrate Contamination in the Sumas-Blaine Aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington 11-03-027May 2011
PBT Trend Monitoring: Measuring Lead in Suspended Particulate Matter from Washington State Rivers and Lakes, 2010 Results 11-03-026May 2011
Focus on Puget Sound: Toxics in Surface Runoff to Puget Sound 11-03-025May 2011
Mercury and Copper Levels in Leach Creek (Pierce County) During 2009-2010 11-03-014May 2011
Spokane River PCB Source Assessment, 2003-2007 11-03-013May 2011
Toxics in Surface Runoff to Puget Sound: Phase 3 Data and Load Estimates 11-03-010May 2011
Lower Okanogan River Basin DDT and PCB Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Effectiveness Monitoring Report 11-03-009May 2011
Addendum 2 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: A Trend Monitoring Component for Organic PBTs in the Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program. 07-03-104Addendum2May 2011
Appendix E: COC Concentration Decision - Ambient Areas 1103023AppendixEApril 2011
Appendix D: COC Concentration and Mass Flux Estimates - Non-detect substitution Method 2 (Lowest RL) 1103023AppendixDApril 2011
Appendix C: COC Concentration and Mass Flux Estimates - Non-detect substitution Method 1 (0.5RL) 1103023AppendixCApril 2011
Appendix B: Groundwater Discharge Analysis Results 1103023AppendixBApril 2011
Appendix A: Shoreline Classification Analysis Results 1103023AppendixAApril 2011
Appendix S. Temporal Analysis 1103010AppendixSApril 2011
Appendix R. Median Concentrations and Frequency of Detection by Storm Event 1103010AppendixRApril 2011
Appendix Q. Puget Sound-Scale Total Toxic Chemical Loading Estimates 1103010AppendixQApril 2011
Appendix P. Watershed-Scale Total Toxic Chemical Loading Estimates 1103010AppendixPApril 2011
Appendix O. Whisker Plots Comparing Unit-Area Toxic Chemical Loading Estimates between Monitoring Locations 1103010AppendixOApril 2011
Appendix N. Subbasin Scale Unit-Area Toxic Chemical Loading Estimates 1103010AppendixNApril 2011
Appendix M. Box Plots Comparing Toxic Chemical Concentrations between Monitoring Locations 1103010AppendixMApril 2011
Appendix L. Summary Statistics for Toxic Chemical Concentrations by Monitoring Location, Land Use, and Watershed 1103010AppendixLApril 2011
Appendix K. Detection Frequency Summary Tables for Individual Parameter by Flow Condition, Land Use, and Watershed 1103010AppendixKApril 2011
Appendix J. Validation Reports for Stream Gauging Data 1103010AppendixJApril 2011
Appendix I. Validation Reports for Laboratory Data -- available only on CD (85 MB) 1103010AppendixIApril 2011
Appendix H. Storm Event Delineation Method Description 1103010AppendixHApril 2011
Appendix G. Alternative Method for Computing Watershed Scale Loading Estimates 1103010AppendixGApril 2011
Appendix F. Measurement Procedures for the Phase 3 Study of Toxics in Surface Runoff to Puget Sound 1103010AppendixFApril 2011
Appendix E. Target Parameters for the Phase 3 Study of Toxics in Surface Runoff to Puget Sound 1103010AppendixEApril 2011
Appendix D. Figures Showing Sample Collection Times Relative to the Stream Hydrograph at Each Monitoring Location 1103010AppendixDApril 2011
Appendix C. Sample Collection Times by Monitoring Location and Associated Hydrologic Conditions 1103010AppendixCApril 2011
Appendix B. Documentation for GIS Analyses Performed During the Monitoring Location Selection Process 1103010AppendixBApril 2011
Appendix A. Detailed Maps of Monitoring Locations and Associated Drainage Basins 1103010AppendixAApril 2011
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – April 2011 11-03-073April 2011
Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound: Evaluation of Loading of Toxic Chemicals to Puget Sound by Direct Groundwater Discharge 11-03-023April 2011
Assessment of Aquatic Toxicity in North Creek, Gig Harbor 11-03-022April 2011
Appendices C-E: Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid-Bearing Streams, 2010 Data Summary 11-03-021AppendicesC-EApril 2011
Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid-Bearing Streams, 2010 Data Summary 11-03-021April 2011
Phase 2: High Summer Bacteria Concentrations in South Puget Sound Streams 11-03-019April 2011
Addendum 4 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Washington State Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid Habitat for Two Index Watersheds. 03-03-104ADD4April 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Flame Retardants and Metals in Children’s Products and Consumer Goods 11-03-105March 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Wenatchee Watershed Planning Area Assessment of Gaged Streamflows by Modeling 11-03-104March 2011
Hangman Creek Watershed Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Nutrients Total Maximum Daily Load Study: Data Summary Report 11-03-020March 2011
Mercury Concentrations in Lake Ozette Sockeye 11-03-017March 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analyzing Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Effluent and Groundwater at Three Reclaimed Water Facilities. 11-03-103February 2011
Lacamas Creek Fecal Coliform, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and pH Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Study Design (Quality Assurance Project Plan) 11-03-102February 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Pyrethroids in Freshwater Sediments of King County 11-03-101February 2011
American Plating Post-Interim-Action Groundwater Monitoring Results: April and October, 2010 11-03-016February 2011
Focus on Puget Sound: Update on Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound 11-03-012February 2011
Ecological Soil Screening Levels for Arsenic and Lead in the Tacoma Smelter Plume Footprint and Hanford Site Old Orchards 11-03-006February 2011
Lakewood Plaza Cleaners Groundwater Monitoring Results, June and October 2010 11-03-011January 2011
Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound: Characterization of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound and Major Tributaries, 2009-10 11-03-008January 2011
POSTER: South Puget Sound Nitrogen Loading: Magnitudes and Sources 11-03-007January 2011
Appendices C-G: Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid-Bearing Streams, 2009 Data Summary 11-03-004-Appendices C-GJanuary 2011
Surface Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides in Salmonid-Bearing Streams, 2009 Data Summary 11-03-004January 2011
Mercury Levels in Gold Mining Reaches on Seven Washington Rivers and Creeks 11-03-003January 2011
Walla Walla Watershed Planning Area: Prediction of Gaged Streamflows by Modeling 11-03-002January 2011