4/10 Serviceberry, drinking water PFAS, water cost, orca calf, floodplains study

 

Saskatoon Serviceberry [Native Plants PNW]

Saskatoon Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon Serviceberry is a combination of two of its most familiar common names.  Saskatoon comes from the Cree word for Serviceberry.  The city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was named after the berry. The plant is found throughout most of Canada and western North America; from Alaska to California in the west. (Native Plants PNW)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Little Squalicum Pier will open up the Bellingham Bay

National limit for PFAS in drinking water affects all public wells in WA
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the first national drinking water standard for so-called “forever chemicals” Wednesday that will require testing of thousands of drinking water systems across Washington. So far, the chemicals have been detected in 253 water systems in Washington state, but that doesn’t include thousands of households who drink from private wells, or those that serve 15 or fewer households, which are not subject to state or federal testing requirements. Isabella Breda and Manuel Villa. (Seattle Times)

What you pay for drinking water in Metro Vancouver varies dramatically
The details are found in Metro Vancouver’s most recent water-use report that tracked usage and water rates of the region’s municipalities between 2000 to 2021. Derrick Penner reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Time ticks down for stranded orca calf as rescue efforts ramp up
The Ehattesaht First Nation says in a statement that it is relying on its traditional knowledge about whales and its territorial waters, along with modern tools, to rescue an orca calf stranded in a remote tidal lagoon. (Canadian Press)

Swinomish tribe receives grant to study river floodplains
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has received a $700,000 grant from the National Coastal Resilience Fund to study the Skagit and Samish river floodplains and their flood risks. Emma Fletcher-Frazer reports. (Skagit Valley Herald)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  301 AM PDT Wed Apr 10 2024    
TODAY  Light wind becoming NW to 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 7 ft at 14 seconds.  
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 5 ft at 13 seconds.

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