Thurston County and the town of Lynden are at opposite ends of Puget Sound, and in the last month both took action on wastewater contamination in different ways.Lynden lies about 100 miles north of Seattle, 3 miles from the Canadian border, and several miles inland from the sound, but the Nooksack River that drains the area flows into Portage Bay, where the Lummi Nation has about 800 acres of shellfish beds. As part of the work to reduce fecal contamination in the bay, the city is waiving the $6,682 fee for homeowners who want to disconnect their onsite wastewater systems
