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| December 2003 like November was short on news related to watr quality and water resources. Shorelines, Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) and an asphalt plant were the news items. | November 2003 was pretty quiet. CBP agenda and news, an early flood warning and a sewage leak were the big items. |
| In Octoober the news items included: review of a plan to reduce flood damage, an aerial view of the proposed levee solution, a final cleanup agreement for Junction City, cleanup at Lewis County Central Shop, major issues facing the Chehalis Basin Partnership And what to do before it floods and after it floods | September news included: Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) Watershed Plan is ready for review and approval, The Chronicle reports that flood work 'difficult' to fit in with DOT plan to be extremely accountable with money, Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) has hit crunch time in its four-year effort to plan for the future of local waterways, a Salmon Friendly Yard, Cool Water Facts -and- the work to elevate Anderson Road above the floodplain is on schedule |
| August 2003 Grants, Scatter Creek Atlantic salmon and Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) reports were all the new this month. | July 2003 Wow, with all the issues one would expect more news than: Newaukum flood maps, shoreline management, rocking at the jetty and an oak tree preserve. |
| June 2003: was slow: drinking from the garden hose, politics and water, changes to streamside and wetland rules, amajor overhaul of the state's water quality standards, a list of polluted water bodies, the Hamilton Meadows Oak grove and 22.3 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released in Washington. | May news consisted of a friendly creek bottom for fish, flood control effort gets a shot in the arm, Scatter Creek Watershed Council, decades old raw sewage leak, exempt wells issue paper, hydraulic continuity issue paper, stormwater issue paper |
| April 2003 was pretty quiet. CBP materials, desalination, sewer hookups were just some of the topics. | In March 2003 we learned of a set of maps which include wetlands, erosion, population, biomes and land quality, - Onalaska sewer hookups, - a biosolid/sludge application permit for Thurston and Lewis counties, - Chehalis property on the WaDOE contaminated site list , - the proposed expansion of the Bayview Redi-Mix site, - the costs and benefits of desalination, Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) member list, and the Corps has been trying to control the ocean current. |
| In February 2003 we covered: a final watershed management plan outline, current watershed management plan outline, EPA Regional Geographic Initiative, High Quality Water Resources - an issue paper, a new sewage treatment plant, the new Chehalis Regional Water Reclamation Facilityand 18 homes and businesses who had PCE contaminated water | January 2003 You read about the first major overhaul of the state's water quality standards in a decade, new sewage treatment plant, DOE Toxics Cleanup, Watershed Planning in the Chehalis Basin, citizens make a difference, fecal coliform is reduced in the Lower Chehalis, lawsuit against Onalaska water system operator, and the Chehalis Basin Partnership |
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