LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 

 abatement for the Port and the City of Bellingham. With 

 the lower standards very little additional work is needed 

 at present to meet these standards. Five years from now, 

 however, it will be more costly to proceed to install the 

 required new equipment to meet higher standards. If 

 higher standards have to be met now, all work could be 

 done efficiently with great savings of tax money. 



"A thorough, comprehensive watershed plan 

 (including Lake Whatcom, polluted by logging activities, 

 farms, residences and uncontrolled recreation, as a part 

 of the Nooksack River system which eventually flows into 

 Puget Sound) would greatly expedite water management in 

 Whatcom County. Instead we are solving our problems of 

 aesthetics, sanitation and a potable water supply erratically 

 on a piecemeal basis.  • .  



"As part of our National Program, the League 

 of Women Voters supports national policies and procedures 

 which promote comprehensive long-range planning for con- 

 servation and development of water resources and improve- 

 ment of water quality. Although the League thinks that 

 costs of pollution abatement are a responsibility of the 

 polluter, it acknowledges that some help should be made 

 available because of the urgency and immediacy of the problem 

 and the immense costs involved. 



