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Freeland sewer feasibility and seawater intrusion raised in public comment; commissioner clarifies "sole source" aquifer meaning
Summary
Whitby Water Services owner Andy Campbell urged the Board of Island County Commissioners to consider constraints on water and septic in Freeland, citing seawater intrusion and a long-running Freeland sewer study; commissioners clarified technical limits and the planning record.
Andy Campbell, owner of Whitby Water Services and a longtime manager of the Freeland Water District, used public comment Feb. 18 to flag water-supply and septic limits that affect housing and development in Freeland and other island communities.
"As the water goes, as a sole source aquifer, the water supply is susceptible to seawater intrusion," Campbell said, adding that he frequently tests wells and that "some of them are now almost double what the state recommends as an action level." He described work on a multi-year Freeland Sewer Study and soil testing around Freeland and south of Coupeville to assess whether treated…
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