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City outlines pilot for aquifer storage and recovery after $500,000 Ecology grant; hopes to increase water right
Summary
Public works staff described a planned pilot test for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project funded in part by a $500,000 Department of Ecology grant. The pilot will test how much water the local aquifer can accept and whether the city can obtain an increased water right.
City staff described plans for a pilot study to test aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) after receiving a $500,000 stream‑flow restoration grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Staff said the pilot would be performed in a shoulder season (not summer) to avoid conflicts with spring and summer pumping and would include a period of forced injection followed by aggressive pumping to observe how the aquifer responds. “We got a half a million dollar grant from the Department of Ecology to do…
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