Welcome to Whidbey Island Water Systems Association, a resource for all who drink water on Whidbey Island!
Our members are Municipal, Group A, and Group B water systems, private well owners, and the operators, engineers, and others who serve those water systems.
Our quarterly member meeting are currently held via Zoom. The meeting invitation will be sent via our email list only. You must be a subscriber to the email list to receive the invitation email. Click here to subscribe!
The Office of Drinking Water is changing reporting requirements for the annual Water Use Efficiency (WUE) report and have scheduled a webinar on Thursday, January 7, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 (noon) to discuss the changes. The webinar will include presentations on the reason for the changes, the benefits of the WUE program, and tips for obtaining water level measurements in your well. Additionally, Washington State University (WSU) will discuss their forecasting efforts for the Columbia River Basin. There are 0.3 CEU credits offered for this webinar. Registration information will be coming soon. There is no cost for this webinar and is recommended for operators or managers who complete the WUE form.
Hope to see you there!
Implications for water systems in areas on Whidbey where coastal flooding occurs.
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PFAS Chemical Action Plan stakeholders,
The Chemical Action Plan (CAP) team is extending the public comment period on the Draft PFAS CAP until January 4, 2021.
We received stakeholder feedback that additional time to review would be beneficial for providing meaningful input. We recognize the immense challenges that Washington state residents and businesses have faced since spring 2020. This will allow the public and stakeholders an additional month to consider the Draft CAP and provide feedback, without significantly extending the Final CAP timeline.
Find more information on the PFAS CAP website. If you have questions, please reach out to Irina Makarow (irina.makarow@ecy.wa.gov).
Thank you,
PFAS Chemical Action Plan team
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 2020 Water Storage Basics Workshop – Online |
| When Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM PST -to- Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM PST Add to Calendar Where This is an online event. | Water Storage Basics, an outline of good facilities, good materials, good maintenance & good practices Join the Northwest Washington and Central Washington Subsections for this workshop on water storage presented in 2 parts. Topics to be covered include: Part 1 Tuesday December 8th 8 – noon Storage basics Soils & seismic considerations Structural considerations Piping connections Pressure tanks Reservoir water quality Large reservoirs Part 2 Tuesday December 15th 8 – noon Inspections Reservoir sanitary surveys Corrosion control Tank materials Post seismic event surveys Instructors will be Sarah Lingley, P.E. & Jeff Lundt, P.E. Click on the registration button below to sign up.. Get more information Register Now! I can’t make it 0.3 CEUs for each part, pending Registration fee is $60 for each part for members of AWWA, WEF & PNCWA and $120 for non-members. Small system scholarships available for 4 operators that are members, see details on the web page.. Thanks for your attention and response. We look forward to seeing you safely online! Sincerely, Jeff Lundt Washington Subsection AWWA jeff.lundt@kingcounty.gov 206-477-5582 |
If you would like to provide feedback on the Draft PFAS Chemical Action Plan (CAP) during a public comment meeting, please register for your preferred date and time:
Ecology staff will provide a brief overview of the CAP development process and then reserve most of the time to accept comments. Please note that we plan to record the public comments.
Reach out to Ecology’s Chemical Action Planner, Irina Makarow (irina.makarow@ecy.wa.gov), if you have questions.
Thank you,
PFAS Chemical Action Plan team
On MONDAY, November 23, 2020 at 2:00 P.M., the Island County PLANNING
COMMISSION will hold an ONLINE MEETING.
The agenda will include:
Documents will be posted at:
https://www.islandcountywa.gov/Planning/Pages/planningcomm.aspx
Address comments to: Planning Commission at PO Box 5000, Coupeville, WA
98239 or PlanningCommission@islandcountywa.gov
The list of proposed changes can be found here and the marked-up code here.
Several of these code changes will impact water systems serving parcels that may qualify for ADUs. The board of WIWSA will be submitting comments and questions to both the Planning Commission and to the Island County staff who are handling the water issues.
If your water system has particular concerns or questions, please submit your comments directly or send them to mail (at) whidbeywatersystems (dot) org so that we can ask pass them along on your behalf.
We will address the issue briefly at our December quarterly meeting.
November 2020
Welcome to the WIWSA November 2020 Newsletter!
During these challenging times when we cannot meet in person, we plan to send a monthly newsletter to keep our community up to speed with water news. We’ll send this newsletter to our email list and post it on our website. We aim to provide an easy place to find all the month’s news and web content.
Please share this newsletter with your fellow water system board members, commissioners, operators, members, friends and neighbors, and anyone who drinks water, and please encourage them to subscribe.
Podcasts are a great way to catch up with news while giving your eyes a rest. Here are some of the best water podcasts. You can also find the links on the resources page of our web site.
If you have water news you’d like to share with the water drinkers of Whidbey Island, please send a message to mail@whidbeywatersystems.org
Don’t forget to subscribe to receive our emails including this monthly newsletter and quarterly meeting invitations.