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The Water Storage Task Force was convened by the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) at the direction of the 2000 state legislature. The Task Force examined the role of increasing water storage to provide water for fish recovery, population and economic growth, and flood control. The Task Force also considered funding options for constructing water-storage facilities.
The Task Force was formed to examine issues and frame recommendations for the legislature. Members represented water utility districts, agriculture associations, city and county associations, Indian tribes, legislators, environmental interests, and state agencies.
2000 Legislative Budget Proviso Language (5K PDF File)
Updated List (September 2000) of Water Storage Task Force Members (14K PDF File)
Washington State Laws Related to Water Storage (91K PDF File)
Local Government Infrastructure Study (55K PDF File)
Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Utilization of Skagit River Basin Water Resources for Instream and Out of Stream Purposes (56K PDF File)
Referendum 38 Projects: 1980 to Present (15K PDF File)
Existing and Potential Reservoir Sites in the Methow-Okanogan, and Chelan-Wenatchee-Entiat Basins, 1975 (718K PDF File)
Comparative Cost Data for Raises of Existing Dams (7K PDF File)
Potential Dam & Reservoir Sites Identified in Level B Studies, 1976-77, by the Pacific Northwest River Basin Commission (11K PDF File)
Survey and Analysis of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms, prepared for the Texas Water Development Board (4,008K PDF File)
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Policy: Requiring or Recommending Mitigation (24K PDF File)
Effects of Geologic and Hydrologic Factors and Watershed Change on Aquatic Habitat in the Yakima River Basin (25K PDF File)
Chapter 2 on: "Normative River" excerpted from "Return to the River: Restoration of Salmonid Fisheries in the Columbia River Ecosystem" (24K PDF File)
Review of Presentations from August 1, 2000 Meeting (14K PDF File)
Review of Presentations from September 11, 2000 Meeting (16K PDF File)
Excerpts from the U.S. Forest Service Aquatic Conservation Strategy (8K PDF File)
Why Store Water? (145K PDF File)
Dams: On Channel, Off Channel, New Dams vs. Enlargement of Existing, Costs (2,474K PDF File)
Flood Control: Regional Scale Facilities (245K PDF File)
Flood Control: Small Scale Stormwater Facilities (232K PDF File)
Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Lakehaven Project (357K PDF File)
Judy Reservoir: An Off-Stream Water Storage Project (2,538K PDF File)
Becoming Climate-Wise with Washington’s Water (264K PDF File)
David Burdick
Office: 360-407-6094
e-mail: dbur461@ecy.wa.gov
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