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| Title | Frequently asked questions: What agricultural water users need to know about water for new farms in the Quilcene-Snow watershed |
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Frequently asked questions: What agricultural water users need to know about water for new farms in the Quilcene-Snow watershed (Number of pages: 5) (Publication Size: 839KB)
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| Author(s) | Lynne Geller | ||||
| Description | Effective December 31, 2009, the Quilcene-Snow watershed has a water resources management program rule (WAC 173-517). The rule protects existing water rights, guides decisions on new water uses to stretch supplies as far as possible, and establishes instream flows to help protect streams. It applies to the Jefferson County portion of the Quilcene-Snow Water Resources Inventory Area (WRIA) 17. For management purposes, the rule breaks the watershed into 22 areas or sub basins. Groups of sub basins with similar water conditions are managed together. The three major groupings are coastal management areas, reserve areas and the Chimacum sub basin. Refer to the map and table at the end of this document for an overview. The Department of Ecology (Ecology) wants to encourage local farms but we must do so within a complex system of water law and water rights. To provide for today’s needs and try to ensure wise use of existing water resources, the new rule provides the alternatives described in this document. |
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| Contact | Water Resources Program at 360-407-6872 | ||||
| Keywords | rule, water resource, instream flow | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Quilcene-Snow Water Resources Management Program | ||||
| WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Area 17 Quilcene-Snow | ||||
| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Water Metering Specifications for the Quilcene-Snow Watershed Changes to water use in the Quilcene-Snow Watershed--what homeowners, builders and real estate agents need to know about water for a new home Using Mitigation Strategies for new water uses in the Quilcene-Snow Watershed |
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