Who we are and what we do
Sno-King Water Watchers is a community-based water monitoring program. Water Watchers use monitoring data to advocate for protection and restoration of streams, lakes, wetlands and natural areas: and to educate and promote public awareness of watershed health.
Volunteers sample streams monthly for water chemistry and bacteria. Volunteers evaluate streams annually for stream “bugs” which are long-term indicators of biological health.
Sno-King Watershed Council partners with Global Water Watch to train volunteers in water monitoring techniques throughout King and Snohomish Counties.
How you can help your streams
Urban streams are in peril. Stormwater pollution, sediment and contaminants have reduced streams capacity to support salmon and other native wildlife, and streams are often unsafe for human contact. You can learn about watersheds and streams and put your knowledge to work to help solve these problems.
Advocate – Use your voice to support policies and practices that retain trees, replace fish blocking culverts, promote stream restoration and protect wetlands.
Be WaterWise – Practice stormwater conservation at home by installing rain gardens, using a carwash, minimizing fertilizers in the yard, and properly disposing of animal waste.
Lend a Hand – Volunteer as a Water Watch monitor, Forest Steward, or other community engagement opportunity!
We conduct regular educational workshops, which include Introduction to Water Monitoring, Bacteriological Monitoring, Water Chemistry Monitoring, Stream Flow and Habitat Monitoring, Stream Biomonitoring and BIBI (Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity). You can find more information here: Upcoming training classes and events.
Stream monitoring results
ArcGIS data dashboard links for current sites
- Ballinger – lower
- Ballinger – upper
- Barnes Creek
- Bear Creek Friendly Village
- Bear Creek Avondale Road
- Beaver Lake
- Big Gulch
- Big Tree
- Blueberry Creek
- Brookside Creak
- Brueggers Bog
- Bsche’tla Creek (lower)
- Bsche’tla Creek (upper)
- Catherine Creek
- Cedarbrook
- Cripple Creek
- Crystal Creek Upper
- Crystal Creek Lower
- Delridge Wetland Park Inlet
- Delridge Wetland Park Outlet
- Denny Creek mouth
- Denny Creek West Tributary
- Duwamish River
- Evans Creek
- Fauntleroy Creek upper
- Fauntleroy Creek Ravine
- Firwood Creek
- Forbes Creek
- Forgotten Creek
- Gilliam Creek
- Gissberg Twin Lakes
- Grace Cole
- Hall Creek
- Hillside Creek
- Horse Creek
- Japanese Gulch
- Johnson Creek
- Juanita Creek 129th
- Juanita Creek Kingsgate Tributary
- Juanita Creek Windsor Vista
- Kimball Slough
- Little Bear Creek
- Little Swamp Creek south
- Little Swamp Creek north
- Little Swamp Creek wetland
- Longfellow Creek Beaver Pond
- Longfellow Creek Dragonfly
- Longfellow Creek Greg Davis
- Longfellow Creek Thistle
- Lyon Creek NP
- Lyon Creek 35th
- Lyon Creek West Fork
- McAleer Creek BHP
- McAleer Creek NE 196th LFP
- McAleer Perkins Way
- Mckinnon Creek
- McSorley Creek
- Meadow Creek
- Mill Creek Earthworks Park
- Mill Creek at 167
- Mohlendorph Creek
- No Name Creek
- North Creek
- Panther Creek
- Parr Creek
- Penny Creek
- Perkins Creek
- Pipers Creek
- Pipers Creek Above TP
- Pipers Creek Below TP
- North Creek 196th
- North Creek
- Piper’s Creek North Creek
- Piper’s Creek Tributary M
- Piper’s Creek Viewlands
- Puget Creek Hudson St.
- Puget Creek 19th SW
- Puget Creek Tributary A
- Riverton Creek
- Sammamish River
- Sarah’s Creek
- Scriber Creek
- Sheridan Creek
- Snohomish River
- Spring Creek
- Springbrook Creek
- Stens Creek lower
- Stens Creek upper
- Stream 0056
- Swamp Creek 80th NE Kenmore
- Swamp Creek WSCP
- Swamp Creek Maple Road
- Swamp Creek Lagoon
- Swamp Creek mouth
- Taylor Creek
- Thornton Creek
- Thornton Creek UT Brook
- Twin Springs #1
- Twin Springs #2
- Venema Creek
- Whisper Creek
- Woods Creek
- Woods Creek 2
To learn more and train as a water monitoring volunteer email: snokingwatershedcouncil@gmail.com
Major support for our program comes from the King County Wastewater Treatment Division Waterworks grant program.
Additional support is provided by the Cascade Water Alliance.
