No Bob... he's quite right. The term "silt" is used to describe both
the
action [siltation] and the gradation [less then 0.0075] Silt generally
contains clays and other particulate matter.


Wrong Mooron. I posted the dictionary definition.

The very fact that a sediment can accumulate indicates that
insufficent
"flushing" is present.

No amount of "flushing" can remove the type of dumping that's occured.
This does not change the fact that the majority of the contamination
effects the base of the sound and not the water contained in it. That
water circulates and is exchanged on a regular basis. The water of the
Sound is clean, but the base is contaminated. No one has ever been
injured by swimming in these waters. I don't eat seafood from this area
because the ecological damage might extend that far. Still, I know lots
of people who eat what they catch here and no one is glowing or getting
sick.

RB