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The Snohomish County Public Utility District is a municipal corporation that was formed by a majority vote of the people on November 3, 1936. It started as a water utility on January 17, 1946, and expanded into an electric utility on September 1, 1949.
Between 1979 and 2004, however, the amount of total suspended solids in the water decreased. [2] The stream has additional issues with low dissolved oxygen levels and high fecal coliform bacterial counts. In 2012, the Washington Department of Ecology cited McAleer Creek as violating its standards for these two water quality measures. [2]
The City of Everett maintains a tap water system that supplies 80 percent of Snohomish County through interlocal agreements with other municipalities and water districts. [ 453 ] [ 454 ] The system primarily sources its water from Spada Lake , an artificial reservoir on the Sultan River created by the Culmback Dam and located 25 miles (40 km ...
The city's electric power and tap water are provided by the Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD), a consumer-owned public utility that serves all of Snohomish County. [139] The PUD sources its water from the City of Everett system at Spada Lake and Lake Chaplain, which is delivered to Lake Stevens and Granite Falls. [140]
Rivers of Snohomish County, Washington (19 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Snohomish County, Washington" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Location: Snohomish County, Washington, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: Hall Creek: Primary outflows: McAleer Creek: Catchment area: 3,250 acres (13.2 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Max. length.58 mi (0.93 km): Max. width.37 mi (0.60 km): Surface area: 103 acres (42 ha) [3]: Average depth: 15 ft (4.6 m) [2]: Max. depth: 35 ft (11 m) [3]: Surface elevation: 292 ft (89 m) [1 ...
Snohomish County (/ s n oʊ ˈ h oʊ m ɪ ʃ /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.With a population of 827,957 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties, and the 72nd-most populous in the United States.
[3] [4] [12] It is regularly tested for microbes and contamination, and is "one of the rare raw water sources in the country that is also part of a public water district and is held to the same strict EPA and Department of Health standards as tap [water]". [13] As of 2016, the well had never failed a quality test in 60 years. [2]