By: Bill Lucia – April 10, 2024 6:34 pm
Category: Critical Areas Protection
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WA’s public water systems would need $1.6 billion for initial PFAS cleanup, state officials say
By Isabella Breda and Manuel Villa
April 10, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the first national drinking water standard for six so-called forever chemicals Wednesday, a change that could cost Washington public water utilities an estimated $1.6 billion, according to state officials.
Reader view: Time to speak up about the city’s Comprehensive Plan process
By Joe Scordino
Posted: March 17, 2024
Do the citizens of Edmonds really want changes made to the city’s Comprehensive Plan (which dictates municipal operations in the city) so that we become known as “Edmonds – Where the Sewer Meets the Sea”?
Continue reading “Reader view: Time to speak up about the city’s Comprehensive Plan process”Revised Final Results of Supplemental Stormwater Monitoring for PFAS, Madrona K-8 School Replacement Project, Edmonds, Washington
Shannon & Wilson
February 13, 2024
Feb. 13: Online meeting to provide update on Unocal Edmonds cleanup site
Posted: February 10, 2024
Reader view: Protecting our drinking water supply
Posted: November 27, 2023
Edmonds Marsh volunteers conclude their restoration work for the year
Posted: October 5, 2023
Analytical Report – Prepared for Olympic View Water & Sewer District
eurofins Environment Testing
July 21, 2023
City council set March 28 to discuss Edmonds housing growth targets, document guiding Unocal property purchase
Posted: March 26, 2023
Letter to the editor: The role of citizens in Edmonds’ Comprehensive Plan
Posted: October 31, 2022
Understanding blue carbon
By Michon Scott AND Rebecca Lindsey Reviewed By Zac Cannizzo, Janine Harris, Veronica Lance, AND Alec Shub
NOAA
Published September 29, 2022
Blue carbon refers to carbon dioxide that is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in the ocean. “Blue” refers to the watery nature of this storage.
Continue reading “Understanding blue carbon”Letter to the editor: Change Unocal property zoning to protect Edmonds Marsh
Posted: September 20, 2022
Editor:
It is my understanding that the Unocal property is currently zoned MP2. I would like to urge the City Council to change that zoning and designate the property to be used for public use land. It would be very sad to see such a wonderful property, situated next to the marsh and the beach, turned into a housing development, even if it were to include low-cost housing. Due to its proximity to the marsh and coastline, maintaining the open, pristine nature of this land is crucial to the long-term preservation of the quality of the marsh.
Continue reading “Letter to the editor: Change Unocal property zoning to protect Edmonds Marsh”Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh
By Joe Scordino
Posted: September 17, 2022
After 500 hours of hard labor on 18 days this summer, over 50 community volunteers relished in their success in restoring stream flows in the Edmonds Marsh that had been blocked by chain-link fencing and a huge, spreading mass of an invasive plant called bittersweet nightshade.
Continue reading “Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh”Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Chemical Action Plan
Department of Ecology
September 2022
Restoring the Edmonds Marsh: Volunteers making a difference
Posted: August 10, 2022