1999–2001 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan

The 1999-2001 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan lays out a two-year strategy to continue work to protect the Sound's health in the face of new and continuing problems. It builds on past efforts and identifies seven priority issues:

• Protect and restore habitat for fish, and shellfish, and remove barriers to salmon passage.
• Prevent downgrades or closures of shellfish areas and reopen closed areas.
• Fix existing and prevent future stormwater problems and reduce toxic discharges.
• Fix existing and prevent future on-site sewage system problems.
• Implement watershed plans.
• Prevent the introduction of new aquatic nuisance species and control the spread of those that already have been introduced.
• Provide public education and involvement on these priorities.