Watershed Assessment & Protection


Watershed Testing and Education

Friday Harbor Laboratories Water Quality Monitoring in San Juan County

watershed testing map
Watershed Testing Sites in San Juan County


The Conservation District has been assisting with the funding of a water quality monitoring program since 2002.

Water Quality Monitoring Final Report 2005 (685 KB PDF)
Map of the Testing Locations (JPEG 100 KB)
About the Testing Sites (PDF 1.1 MB)

You can read about how the labs perform the testing while engaging local high school students at:

University of Washington's Friday Harbor Labs Water Quality Monitoring Program

Local high school students provide a community service and learn about water quality monitoring techniques in the field.