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Last revised: April 8, 2021

The Streamflow Restoration Act (RCW 90.94) is a new law affecting water resource management in Washington State. The law, passed in 2018, helps protect water resources while providing water for families in rural Washington. 

• Read more about the Streamflow Restoration law

The law directs local planning groups in 15 watersheds to develop or update plans that offset potential impacts to instream flows associated with new permit-exempt domestic water use.

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How the law affects this watershed

As of Jan. 19. 2018, new permit-exempt wells for domestic use in this watershed are:

• allowed 950 gallons per day as the maximum annual average (350 gallons per day during drought).
• subject to a $500 fee.

Please contact your county for more information on these standards as they may change in the final watershed plan or any potential rulemaking.

This watershed:

• has an instream flow rule that does not regulate permit-exempt wells.
• is directed by Section 203 of the new law to adopt a watershed restoration and enhancement plan by June 30, 2021.

The Department of Ecology offers free language services. We can provide information written in your preferred language and interpreters over the phone. For more information, please contact Angela Johnson at 360 407-6668. 

WRE Planning Update

Despite hard work and commitment, the WRIA 14 Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Committee did not locally approve their watershed plan and submit to Ecology for review before the June 30, 2021 adoption deadline. See the April 2021 meeting summary for more information. The streamflow restoration law required the Committee’s watershed plan to be locally approved and adopted by Ecology by June 30, 2021 or an alternative pathway for plan adoption is initiated.

Starting in July 2021, the Department of Ecology began to prepare a plan as directed by RCW 90.94.030(3)(h) for future adoption. As of March 1, 2022 the Salmon Recovery Funding Board is undertaking its review of the final draft plan prepared by Ecology. There is not a role for the WRIA 14 Committee in this process so the Committee does not have additional meetings scheduled. For more details on plan finalization, please see our streamflow restoration planning update or subscribe to the email list.

Committee Draft WRE Plan for Local Review

The chair distributed the draft watershed restoration and enhancement plan for review by entities on the Committee in February 2021. The Committee’s final vote took place in April 2021 however the Committee did not locally approve their plan. As Ecology develops the final draft plans, it will follow, as the committees did, the law, POL 2094 and the NEB guidance. Ecology will also consider all available information, including draft materials developed by the committees.

The Committee draft plan, appendices, and supporting resources are linked here:

• Final Draft WRE Plan (full version Chapters 1-7 and Appendices)
• Final Draft WRE Plan (Chapters 1-7 only)
• Appendix A: References
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Appendix C: Committee Roster
• Appendix D: Approved Operating Principles
• Appendix E: Regional Aquifer Units Within WRIA 14
• Appendix F: Surface Water Quality Assessment Category 4 and 5 Listings in WRIA 14
• Appendix G: Subbasin Delineation Memo
• Appendix H: PE Growth and Consumptive Use Summary Technical Memo
• Appendix I: Detailed Project Descriptions
• Appendix J: Project Inventory
• Appendix K: WRIA 14 Streamflow Statistics
• Appendix L: Mason County PUD #1 Water Consumption Data
• Appendix M: Policy Recommendation Proposals
• Draft Plan Compendium
• Plan Cover Memo
• Plan Review Timeline
• Plan Overview Slides (PowerPoint format)
• WRIA 14 Committee Brochure
• Streamflow Restoration Program Overview
• Final NEB Guidance
• Streamflow Restoration Policy Interpretive Statement

Meetings

This committee had until June 2021 to complete plans that estimate the 20 year consumptive use from new permit-exempt wells and identify projects to offset that consumptive use. The committee does not have additional meetings scheduled.

2021

April 21--9:00 am - 11:30 am  WebEx link is available in the agenda.  Vote on Final Plan.

• Agenda
• Final Meeting Summary
• Plan Adoption Pathways
• Revsied Final Plan (Vote pending)
• WebEx Recording of April 21, 2021 WRIA 14 WREC Final Vote Meeting

January 26, Special Additional January Meeting 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

January 14, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

2020

December 10, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Project Updates

November 12, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Assurance of Plan Implementation Proposal

October 8, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

September 10, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Operating Principles Discussion Guide
  • NEB Outline
  • Draft Adaptive Management Section
  • Consumptive Use Discussion Guide

August 13, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Draft Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Adaptive Management Framework
  • Green Diamond Ex-Officio Proposal

July 9, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda.

• Agenda
• Draft Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Green Diamond Ex-officio Proposal
  • Plan Proposals for Review at July 9, 2020 Meeting

June 11, 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to talking with you.

• Agenda
• Draft Meeting Summary-Revised
• Meeting Materials:
  • Adaptive Management Follow-up Discussion Guide
  • Potential Plan Proposals - For June 11, 2020 Meeting
  • PE Well Metering Report

May 14, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to talking with you.

• Agenda
• Draft Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • WebEx Getting Started Instructions
  • Draft Policy Proposal Template

April 9, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., WebEx Only: Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to talking with you.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Policy/Regulatory Actions and Adaptive Management Draft Recommendations
  • Updated Climate Change Discussion Guide

March 12, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., WebEx Only

Because of the current guidance to not hold in-person meetings, this meeting will be WebEx only. WebEx link is available in the agenda. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to talking with you.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • WRIA 14 Brochure
  • Policy and Regulatory Action/Adaptive Management Brainstorm Follow-up Assignment

February 13, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Mason County Public Works, 100 Public Works Dr., Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

January 9, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Mason County Public Works, 100 Public Works Dr., Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

2019

December 12, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Safety Factor Discussion Guide

November 14, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Policy and Regulatory Action Discussion Guide
  • Local Plan Approval Form

October 10, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Climate Change Discussion Guide
  • Adaptive Management Discussion Guide

September 12, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Revised timeline
  • September 9 Workgroup summary

August 8, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Field Trip Map

August 6, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. WORKGROUP MEETING (contact Angela Johnson for more information)

July 11, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

June 9, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting Materials:
• Water Right Acquisitions Handout
• Squaxin Island Tribe – Tribal Treaty Rights Presentation Outline

May 9, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda 
• Meeting summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Technical Workgroup draft May 1, 2019 meeting summary
  • Growth Projects Discussion Guide
  • Subbasin Discussion Guide

April 11, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Materials:
• • Local planning presentation outline
  • Technical workgroup draft meeting summary
  • Proposed meeting schedule
  • Thurston County planning presentation
  • Mason County planning presentation

March 14, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Mason County Public Works, 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Approved operating principles
  • Instream Flow Video
  • Instream Flow Presentation - removed, contact Committee chair for copy
  • Data needs discussion

Feburary 14, Meeting canceled

• Meeting Materials:
  • Revised Operating Principles (mark-up)
  • Revised Operating Principles (clean)
  • Instream Flow Video
  • Instream Flow Presentation - removed, contact Committee chair for copy

January 10, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Shelton Civic Center, 525 W. Cota St., Shelton, WA 98584

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • Draft timeline and key components
  • Plan components and timeline—presentation
  • Hydrogeology—presentation
  • Draft operating principles—revised

2018

December 6

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting materials:
  • Draft operating principals

October 31

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting materials:
  • ESSB 6091 - Map
  • Focus on: New streamflow restoration law
  • WRIA 14 Kennedy-Goldsborough - Basin map
  • Presentation - RCW 90.94 Streamflow Restoration

Streamflow restoration implementation grants

We have launched a grant program for Streamflow Restoration implementation projects. The first round of grants will focus on projects that improve streamflows and instream resources.

• Read more

Committee specific resource materials:USGS: Streamflow Depletion by Wells

• Eventual and Cumulative Domestic Use Water Model for Central Mason County
• USGS Groundwater and Surface Water Data Collection Report for Mason County

General information:

• Department of Ecology Streamflow Restoration Webpage
• Hirst v. Whatcom County
• Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6091
• RCW 90.94
• Case law
• Final Net Ecological Benefit Guidance
• Streamflow Restoration Policy and Interpretative Statement

Contact:

Angela Johnson
Streamflow Restoration
angela.johnson@ecy.wa.gov
360 407-6668