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| Routine testing assures swimming pool safety and water quality. |
Environmental Public Health staff undertook a variety of activities in 2007 to ensure that people in Clark County enjoyed clean water for drinking, cooking, washing, and recreation.
- Inspected more than 300 public pools and spas in Clark County.
- In cooperation with the Washington State Department of Health, trained over 40 operators on how to assure swimming pool safety and water quality.
- Monitored Vancouver Lake swimming areas for E. coli and blue-green algae to assure a safe swimming area for Clark County residents in partnership with the city of Vancouver and Vancouver Clark Parks & Recreation.
- Evaluated 221 individual water wells.
- Audited the decommissioning of 41 abandoned wells for public safety and groundwater protection.
- Conducted 12 sanitary surveys of Group A water systems.
- Conducted 56 Group B water system sanitary surveys.
