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National Parks Service steps up to tackle water contamination
April 14, 2018 by Whidbey New-Times
A recent report by Island County Public Health showed that surface water in the area tested high in fecal coliform, but the National Park Service worked with the Whidbey Island Conservation District to try and solve the problem.
Source identification testing traced much of the water contamination to agricultural operations being performed on land owned by the National Park Service.
A farmer operating under a permit from the National Park Service has a concentrated animal feedlot on the park service’s land. According to a report on the operation, “years of system neglect and poor maintenance practices by the farms” and “benign neglect by NPS officials” led to a partial failure of the farm’s existing manure containment system. | For the full story, CLICK HERE.
