When they built the I-5 freeway in 1973, they relocated houses (our preschool was in the southbound lane to be) and drilled new wells; ours was artesian. Records show many homes along the way not having wells, rather they used “Spring Houses” and some simply took water from the roadside ditches. Others at Exit 215 enjoy artesian water (4 wells at old chicken farm, 1 by old store, etc.) as do other houses and mills close by the red line
shown below. We suspect they are fed by an artesian fracture line that runs from Lake McMurray (site of Tatoosh Water Co.’s 2 wells), through the Farm and Gardens, through Stanwood (Bryant and Cedarhome Wells) and under Susan Bay through Camano and then Whidbey Island. Legend has it that the water’s composition suggests it flows from the Olympic Mountains. Did anyone notice any decreased artesian flow; or how quickly Church Creek’s water flow ceased this year, or how low the waterflows were in both Pilchuck Creek and River after one of the coldest and wettest Springs? Couple the loss of this aquifer with sea level rising (didn’t know Delaware’s average height 44’, lower than Florida 58’) the Pacific Northwest should be target # 1 for a migrating population. It might be a good time to think about those unused pipes coming into Everett from Lake Spada and Stanwood septic fields at sea level. Marysville, Arlington, and Granite Falls now use Snohomish PUD water and PUD has Camano Island in its service area. Sea level is projected to rise 12” by 2050, 48” by 2100. Good-by Delaware, Good-by Disneyland.
https://www.atlasbig.com/en-us/usa-states-average-elevation
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr82561
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/07/nasa-eyes-possibility-delaware-sized-iceberg-off-antarctica/95118946/
https://stanwoodwa.org/DocumentCenter/View/1615/Chapter-2—Water-System-Description-PDF
https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/wsb16.pdf
https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-supply/Wells
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/its-the-water-artesian-wells-an-important-part-of-olympias-past-and-present
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/artesian-well-well-number-5-lynwood/281-b5581cd3-c2a4-4bba-80ae-fa0cdbdc3c9c
https://appswr.ecology.wa.gov/WellConstruction/Map/WCLSWebMap/SiteInformation.aspx#welomap
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