Project Topic: Environment

Lower Squalicum Water Quality Retrofits

Creek flowing through trees
Project Overview The City is improving stormwater treatment along Squalicum Way, a major truck route that runs along Squalicum Creek. Right now, rainwater runoff (or stormwater) from the road flows directly into the creek over land or through a pipe without treatment. The creek is identified as an impaired water body on the Department of ... Read more

McKenzie Street – Contaminated Site Cleanup Project

Image of the cleared McKenzie cleanup site in fall 2025
Background The site at 210 McKenzie Street, next to the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, is reserved for the facility’s long-term future expansion. Existing buildings on the site currently support maintenance and operations for the treatment plant. This property has a long history of soil and groundwater contamination. Since purchasing the site in 2006, the City has ... Read more

Post Point Emission Control Upgrades

Project Overview The Emission Control Upgrades Project (EU199) aims to enhance air quality controls for the incinerators at the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. This facility provides wastewater treatment services for the City of Bellingham through a series of advanced processes. Here, we treat and disinfect the liquid effluent before discharging it into Bellingham Bay. ... Read more

Squalicum Creek at West Street Fish Passage Improvements Project

Old culvert with stream running through it and overgrown vegetation around it
The Squalicum Creek at West Street Fish Passage Improvement Project is part of a coordinated, strategic approach to fish barrier removal in Bellingham, and one of many projects completed or in the works in the Squalicum Creek watershed. This project will replace two partial fish passage barriers in the main channel of Squalicum Creek adjacent ... Read more

Lower Padden Creek Water Quality Improvements

Traffic signal at intersection with trees lining the road
Project Overview The City has received a design grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology to help improve water quality in the lower Padden Creek watershed. This project will redirect stormwater runoff from a 1,000-foot section of Bill McDonald Parkway, which currently flows untreated into Padden Creek. Instead, the runoff will be routed to ... Read more
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