Finding your Civic Voice
A one-day class from Whidbey Environmental Action Network From now through December 2025, Island County is going through a comprehensive planning process that will shape the local code and policy for the next twenty years. We need your voice in the room — especially if public speaking doesn’t come naturally to you. We recognize that it is a cultivated skill and are offering community members an opportunity to build that skill at our first Finding Your Civic Voice Workshop. When: December 8 from 9 am to 4 pm (with a break for lunch) Where: Bayview Cash Store Front Room, Second … Continue reading Finding your Civic Voice
Island County Comprehensive Plan
Climate Resiliency Sub Element – call for comments Over the last two weeks, Island County Planning Department held a series on three Stakeholder Workshops to discuss the Climate Resiliency Sub Element for the Comprehensive Plan. Stakeholders from a variety of … Continue reading Island County Comprehensive Plan
A Gray Tsunami
This month, I found myself on a stakeholder panel for a series of three workshops on the Climate Resiliency Sub Element of the Comprehensive Plan, required by the State Department of Commerce as part of the county’s comprehensive plan update. The first workshop was on sea level rise. For a primer on the sea level rise issues our island is facing, you can read An Imperfect Storm. Continue reading A Gray Tsunami
Oct 2024 Group B Meetup
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Water Rate survey as well as those of you who attended the Meetup on October 16, 2024. About 20 members and guests discussed the results of the survey along with various topics such … Continue reading Oct 2024 Group B Meetup
A PFAS Sandwich
At the end of the last update, we were left with three open issues: the Military’s response to the EPA’s new National Drinking Water Standard for PFAS; lawsuits challenging that standard; and testing of private wells with non-military sources of PFAS contamination. The last few months have brought us positive developments on two of these, and negative on the other. I’ll slide the bad news in between two slices of good. Continue reading A PFAS Sandwich
Drinking Water: Seawater Intrusion Monitoring
The county issued a request to all water systems to check the Island County Hydrogeology Dashboard for your water system’s seawater intrusion risk. When a water system is connected to more than 2 homes and the well is in an … Continue reading Drinking Water: Seawater Intrusion Monitoring
Water on Whidbey—October 2024
Check out this month’s newsletter with the latest association news and information from our partners. Continue reading Water on Whidbey—October 2024
MOU and Joint Review Process Update
The Department of Health and the Department of Ecology have updated their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Joint Review Procedures for coordinating and reviewing water system planning and engineering documents. The MOU and Joint Review Procedures outline the roles and … Continue reading MOU and Joint Review Process Update
PFAS Basics Videos from DOH
Last week, the WA Department of Health released the latest isntallement of PFAS Basics Videos on YouTube. From their email release: Some news to share…we launched our next three PFAS Basics Videos on YouTube today! These three videos cover steps you … Continue reading PFAS Basics Videos from DOH
September 2024—Q3 Member’s Meeting
The Q3 Member Meeting was held on Thursday September 19, 2024 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm on ZOOM. A quorum of 22 was reached to begin and there were 37 attendees for most of the meeting. The featured topics … Continue reading September 2024—Q3 Member’s Meeting