The record the State has achieved in the course of its operations under 

 this program shows that this has been a highly successful system. The 

 conference records show that of 532 industrial establishments subject to 

 permit regulations in the Puget Sound- Strait of Juan de Fuca area, 493 

 industries are in compliance with the effluent requirements established 

 by the State--an average compliance of 93 percent. The percent of compli- 

 ance for each of the types of industries in this area is shown in the 

 following table. 



INDUSTRIAL STATUS 

 PUGET SOUND DRAINAGE BASINS 



Industry or Type of Waste 



Milk 



Oil and Chemical 



Fruit and Vegetable 



Lumber 



Meat, Poultry and Rendering 



Sand, Gravel, and 



Allied Industries 

 Fish Processing 

 Pulp and Paper 

 Miscellaneous 



Total 



This record suggests that industries, in general, have not found the man- 

 ner in which the State of Washington applies water quality standards to 

 be an unsatisfactory procedure. 



Pollution problems are generally comparable throughout the Pacific North- 

 west region. Because of this, the Northwest States (comprising Wash- 

 ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska) with the cooperation of the 

 Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare, the British Columbia 

 Provincial Department of Health and Welfare, and the U. S. Department of 

 Health, Education, and Welfare, have formed a Pacific Northwest Pollution 

 Control Council. 



Ten years ago, the Council, being fully aware of the generally high qual- 

 ity of the waters of the Pacific Northwest, except where control efforts 

 had not yet been fully implemented, made the following statement in their 

 report on Water Quality Objectives: 



