Bellingham must do more to protect Lake Whatcom

Anyone who cares about Lake Whatcom or clean drinking water has to be discouraged by the findings in the 2010 Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program.

The annual report compiled by scientists at Western Washington University has documented significant problems in the lake for more than two decades. Thirteen years ago, in 1998, the lake was listed as an "impaired waterbody" under the Clean Water Act because of a lack of oxygen.