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| Title | Focus on Skagit Basin water supply challenges: Understanding the legal and scientific issues in the Skagit and Ecology's solutions (Historical) |
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| VIEW NOW | This publication is historical. It is unavailable on our website. To request a copy, please use the contact listed below. | ||||
| Author(s) | Water Resources Program | ||||
| Description | In 2006 the Department of Ecology (Ecology) amended the 2001 Skagit Instream Flow Rule establishing water reservations in the Skagit Basin that were not subject to instream flow rights set by the 2001 rule. The reservations provided a water supply for new groundwater withdrawals for rural homes and businesses. On Oct. 3, 2013, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. Department of Ecology that Ecology exceeded its authority in establishing the water reservations. The decision meant that all new consumptive uses of water, including domestic permit-exempt uses, are required to mitigate impacts to protect minimum instream flows. |
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| Contact | Ecology Library at 360-407-6150 or ecologylibrary@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | Skagit, water supply |
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