When an oil spill happens, it’s usually not just one agency that responds. Oftentimes, it’s an entire spill response community that bands together to clean up the spill, protect the environment from any impacts, and begin working on recovery.
Pumpout Program Protects Puget Sound from Raw Sewage
By MaryAnn Wagner of Washington Sea Grant
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In 2016, Washington Sea Grant, Washington State Parks, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife worked together to divert a record 10 million gallons of raw sewage from Puget Sound, Lake Washington, and other state waterways. Sewage that otherwise would have been dumped into vulnerable waters.
