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Kittitas County to Prepare Documents to Accept $150,000 Ecology Grant for Municipal water-rights assessment
Summary
Kittitas County commissioners agreed to direct staff to prepare enabling documents to accept a $150,000 Department of Ecology grant to inventory municipal and domestic water-rights needs across the Yakima Basin and explore water-banking options for small providers.
Kittitas County commissioners directed staff to prepare enabling documents to accept a $150,000 Department of Ecology grant to study domestic and municipal water-rights needs across the Yakima Basin.
The grant would fund a focused assessment of smaller municipal water suppliers in Kittitas, Yakima and Benton counties to inventory water-right assets, identify reliability risks tied to junior or interruptible rights, and explore options such as water banking to secure supplies for growing communities. Arden Thomas, water resources manager, told commissioners that “water rights is not the most riveting topic,” but said the work is needed because some local providers are poorly positioned to advocate for their needs in regional planning forums.
Thomas said the Department of Ecology told Kittitas County it would like to award…
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