2000 Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan

What is the Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan?

The Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan is Washington State’s long-term strategy for protecting and restoring Puget Sound. The management plan provides the framework for managing and protecting the Sound and coordinating the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, tribal and local governments.

To coordinate government actions for protecting and restoring the Sound, the 1996 legislature established the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team, the Puget Sound Council and a governor-appointed chair who manages both of these. Together, the Action Team and Council peri-odically review and update the management plan to reflect changing issues, advances in technology, public expectations, and political and budgetary concerns.

The management plan also serves as the federally approved Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for Puget Sound under Section 320 of the federal Clean Water Act, which established the National Estuary Program.