Environment / Countywide · Everson · Sumas
Capturing carbon while capturing asbestos
The good news: our cleanup partner, Whatcom County Public Works, is making steady progress on its multi-year construction project to manage asbestos-laden sediment and control flooding in Swift Creek.
Washington Department of Ecology published this notice on 2026-10-28. The following highlights are selected excerpts from the full source.
The good news: our cleanup partner, Whatcom County Public Works, is making steady progress on its multi-year construction project to manage asbestos-laden sediment and control flooding in Swift Creek.
Even more good news: they’re also piloting a new technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while making the sediment harmless.
There is a slow-moving landslide on the west side of Sumas Mountain near Everson that deposits naturally-occurring asbestos into Swift Creek. To learn how we are managing this project, read our earlier blogs:
Construction underway at Swift Creek (October 2022)
The soon to be “not-so-swift” Swift Creek (May 2021)
Read the public source
Washington Department of Ecology →Source publication: Oct 28, 2026
Source checked: Nov 1, 2026
Brief prepared: Oct 28, 2026
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