Stories about Getting to Clean Water: New Tidegate for Batt Slough - Collaboration builds trust in the valley

By Diane Dent, Water Quality Stories Lead, Water Quality Program


Batt Slough prior to new tidegate installation.

Introduction
After a 1960 flood inundated over 8000 acres of prime agricultural land in the Snohomish River Valley, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built a series of levees and gates to reduce flooding and manage the return flow of the flood water.

Concerns and complaints led the