Water Quantity
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Strategy #1
The
Partnership recommends that the state make it clear to water
rights applicants that there are flexible strategies for meeting
their water rights needs given the hydraulic continuity is an
issue
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DIP
Strategy #2
Recommend
adequate funding level for water resources management (source to
be determined; funding to be distributed to those entities
involved in water resources management
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DIP
Strategy #3
Identify
tools available to meet the Water Quantity goal
Water Quality
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DIP
Strategy #4
Develop
approaches to keep forestry and agriculture on the land
Habitat
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DIP
Strategy #5
The
Partnership recommends exploring a range of approaches to
improve communication, coordination, and consolidation of all
habitat efforts in the Chehalis Basin
Water Quantity
DIP Strategy #6
Address
requirements of Phase 4 watershed planning related to municipal
water rights by 1). estimating quantity of water represented by
inchoate rights and by 2.) clarifying how such rights can be
reconciled with protecting instream flow needs and can be
affected by water conservation programs
DIP Strategy #7
Improve
enforcement of existing laws and regulations to support
voluntary efforts
DIP Strategy #8
Develop and
implement water conservation programs (Municipal Conservation)
Water Quantity: Exempt Wells
DIP Strategy #9
Develop
and implement water conservation programs
DIP Strategy #10
The
Partnership believes that a conflict exists among the 1945
Groundwater Law, the Attorney General’s opinion, and the
Chehalis Instream Resource Protection Program (IRPP) as to
whether small withdrawals can affect surface water rights and
whether they are subject to the same system of priorities as all
other appropriators. The Partnership recommends that Ecology or
the Attorney General’s office address this conflict in the
Chehalis basin
DIP Strategy #11
Prioritize
sub-basins based on concerns about exempt wells and conduct
specific hydro-geologic studies and evaluations to identify
specific problem areas. Areas of higher concern are those that
have substantial human development now or projected in the
future, poor hydrogeological conditions and/or hydraulic
continuity, or low stream flows
Water Quantity:
Water Conservation
DIP Strategy #12
Meet
Phase 4 requirements for conservation, if Phase 4 funding is
accepted
DIP Strategy #13
Provide
opportunities between the Partnership and the agricultural
community to consider cooperative efforts to simultaneously
support agriculture and stream flows. This could lead to a
coordinated effort involving Farm Bureaus, Conservation
Districts, the Washington State Department of Agriculture and/or
individual members of the agricultural community, including a
resource for technological information
Water Quality
DIP Strategy #14
Protect
healthy waters of the Chehalis Basin so they do not become
impaired or need Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reporting
DIP Strategy #15
Prevent
the introduction of detrimental plant and animal species
(aquatic and terrestrial) and control or eliminate species
designated by the state or county as noxious, invasive,
quarantined, or nuisance species
DIP Strategy #16
Encourage
proactive voluntary approaches to protect or improve water
quality
DIP Strategy #17
Current
regulatory flows should be retained; the Partnership wishes to
preserve the 1976 priority date for those flow levels. Goals
would fall under Water Quantity Goals
   
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