Pollution Identification & Correction

Overview

Clallam Conservation District  has a long history of working directly with farmers, livestock owners, homeowners, and partnering agencies to identify and correct pollution sources impacting water quality.  CCD offers both technical and financial assistance to help land users correct water quality pollution.  CCD is an active partner  of the Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) program that conducts water quality sampling and site assessments to identify and correct pollution sources. 

How It Works

CCD offers the following programs and services to help land users implement practices on their land that improve and protect water quality:

  • Technical Assistance to Farmers & Livestock Owners - Conservation planners are available to make free, no obligation site visits to your property to explore alternatives for improving and protecting water quality of adjacent streams, ditches, rivers, and groundwater.  Common topics of assistance are manure management, fencing livestock away from streams, and improving winter feeding areas to reduce runoff .  Technical assistance can range from a single visit to more comprehensive farm planning services depending on the land user’s goals and complexity of the water quality issues. 

  • Cost Share Assistance to Farmers & Livestock Owners - Grant funds may be available to help cover some of the costs for implementing practices that improve water quality.  Examples include cost share assistance with installing fencing to restrict livestock access to waterways, constructing manure storage facilities, installing gutters and downspouts on outbuildings, and improving winter feeding areas.  

  • On-Site Septic System Repair - Homeowners with failing onsite septic systems may be eligible for cost share assistance for repairing or replacing a failing system that is impacting the water quality of a nearby waterway.  

  • Riparian/Buffer Restoration - CCD offers several programs that can cover up to 100% of the costs for replanting native trees and shrubs in the riparian buffers along streams.  Healthy buffers protect the water quality of streams by filtering runoff, reducing streambank erosion, and reducing water temperatures.