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Edmonds reports March sewage spill at Lake Ballinger, city buys abandoned house slated for demolition
Summary
City of Edmonds staff reported a March sewage release that raised E. coli readings in Lake Ballinger, said the city purchased an abandoned, dilapidated house at 7317 Lake Ballinger Way for demolition, and noted resident reports of elevated algae; volunteer samplers also reported blue‑green algae and diatoms downstream in some slow‑flow reaches.
Patrick Johnson, stormwater technician for the City of Edmonds, told the forum that public‑works crews discovered a sewage release during routine inspections on March 12 and traced elevated bacteria to an outfall affecting Lake Ballinger.
“We did 7 rounds of testing on the lake, with the highest reading being 874 coliform units per hundred milliliters,” Johnson said. He said crews cleared the system and subsequent testing fell to 11 CFU/100 mL by the seventh round; the city posted then removed warning signs as testing returned to…
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