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Lamb and Anderson
Water Bank
Upper Kittitas Basin
Roan
Water Bank
Upper Kittitas (Swauk Basin)
SwiftWater Ranch
Water Bank
Upper Kittitas (Teanaway Basin)
Roth-Clennon
Water Bank
Upper Kittitas Basin
A "Water Exchange" is a tool for providing the mechanism to make water available through mitigation. Water banking is a way to use the market to make water available for new uses, such as increasing stream flows and providing water for development. Although banking approaches may differ, the common goal is to move water to where it is needed most. There are six water banks in the Kittitas Water Exchange that you can use to find water for your needs; the Lamb and Anderson bank (Upper Kittitas Basin), the Roan bank (Swauk Basin), the SwiftWater Ranch bank (Teanaway Basin) the Reecer Creek Golf Course bank (Lower Kittitas Basin) the Williams and Amerivest bank (Lower Kittitas Basin) and the Roth-Clennon bank (Upper and Lower Kittitas Basin).
Water
Banks Help Washington Land Developers -
April 4, 2012 By Courtney Flatt, KLCC Public RadioIf your proposed use would exceed 5,000 gallons per day (gpd) for domestic, group domestic, or industrial purposes, or if your irrigation is for commercial purposes or is greater than 1/2 acre in area, your use is not permit-exempt and requires a water right permit. If your use requires a water right permit because your use exceeds the permit exemption amount, you will also need to complete an application to appropriate public ground water.
The Upper Kittitas Ground Water Rule - Chapter 173-539A WAC was adopted and became effective January 22, 2011. Unless you are exempt from the Rule, you need to mitigate for your new use of water. For more information about the importance of the rule please read the Upper Kittitas Groundwater Rule - Frequently Asked Questions
If you plan to use permit-exempt groundwater in the Upper Kittitas Basin, and you want to calculate your water use and do the paper work yourself, you need to submit a request for a water budget neutral determination.
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Ecology WRP Help Desk Department of Ecology, CRO-WR Phone: 509 575-2597 E-mail: tmit461@ecy.wa.gov |
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Ecology WRP Help Desk Department of Ecology, CRO-WR Phone: 509 575-2597 E-mail: tmit461@ecy.wa.gov |
David Gleason SwiftWater Ranch, LLC. Phone: 206 650-4015 E-mail: gleasonproperties@comcast.net |
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WRP Help Desk Department of Ecology, CRO-WR Phone: 509 575-2597 E-mail: tmit461@ecy.wa.gov |
Tom Roth Phone: 206 295-8589 E-mail: teroth@earthlink.net
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Reecer Creek Golf Course
Water Bank
Lower Kittitas
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Williams and Amerivest
Water Banks
Williams Class 1
Amerivest Class 3
Roth-Clennon
Water Bank
Lower Kittitas Basin
Although mitigation is not required by the Upper Kittitas Groundwater Rule, water has been made available for the Lower Kittitas Basin.
These trust water rights will vary in effectiveness to serve as mitigation for new ground water users, depending primarily on where the proposed new use of ground water will be located.
If your proposed use would exceed 5,000 gallons per day (gpd) for domestic, group domestic, or industrial purposes, or if your irrigation is for commercial purposes or is greater than 1/2 acre in area, your use is not permit-exempt and requires a water right permit. If your use requires a water right permit because your use exceeds the permit exemption amount, you will also need to complete an application to appropriate public ground water.
If you are interested in obtaining mitigation water in the Lower Kittitas Basin, please contact Steve Lathrop, Aqua Mitigation, LLC., or Tom Roth (see contacts below).
If you plan to use permit-exempt groundwater in the Upper Kittitas Basin, and you want to calculate your water use and do the paper work yourself, you need to submit a request for a water budget neutral determination.
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Ecology WRP Help Desk Department of Ecology, CRO-WR Phone: 509 575-2597 E-mail: tmit461@ecy.wa.gov |
Steve Lathrop Reecer Creek Golf Course Phone: 509 925-5622 E-mail: water@lwhsd.com |
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Aqua Mitigation, LLC Williams and Amerivest Phone: 509 899-0168 E-mail: getwater@aquamitigation.net |
Tom Roth Phone: 206 295-8589 E-mail: teroth@earthlink.net |
Do you need mitigation water and no Water Bank is available? Submit your information using the following form:
Upper Kittitas Groundwater Study - The USGS is conducting a major study of the western Kittitas County groundwater-flow system
Water Budget Neutral (WBN)
Determinations for Upper Kittitas - List of new and archived
Upper Kittitas Water Budget Neutral decisions and/or denials
Tracking Mitigation Bank Performance
- Water Bank Transactions for Water Budget Neutral and Permit DecisionsYakima Basin Current Activities - Current and historical information relating to Yakima River basin water management, water right changes and transfers, trust water right acquisition and management, and water banking.
Water Banking - Making Water Available for new uses: both in stream, and out of stream
How can I transfer my water right to a buyer? Washington’s surface water code and ground water code permit existing water rights to be changed and transferred, provided that no other water rights are detrimentally affected or injured.
How can I use my water right to mitigate for new uses? Ecology is authorized by the legislature to use the Trust Water Right Program for water banking purposes. Using this authority, Ecology has made the Trust Water Right Program available in the Yakima River Basin to assist water users ensure their new or existing water use is water budget neutral with respect to the Total Water Supply Available.
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