Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-517 - Water resources management program for the Quilcene-Snow water resource inventory area (WRIA 17) › Part C - OWNED UTILITIES UNDER CHAPTER 80.8 › Section 173-517-150 - Reserves of water for future use

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Ecology has weighed the public interest
				that supports reserving a limited amount of water for new consumptive uses
				against the potential for negative impact to instream resources. For the
				subbasins discussed in this section ecology finds that the public interest
				advanced by limited reserves clearly overrides the potential for small negative
				impact to instream resources.
Based on this finding, ecology hereby allocates an amount of
				  water for each reserve management area as indicated in Table 8. These reserves
				  of water are not subject to the instream flows established in WAC
				  173-517-090 or closures
				  established in WAC
				  173-517-100. The priority date of
				  an appropriation from a reserve is the effective date of this chapter.
These reserves are available to a user only if the conditions
				  set forth in this section are met, as well as any applicable requirements of
				  law, including, but not limited to, all water resource laws and
				  regulations.
(2) These
				reserves shall be available for use only after the county with jurisdiction
				commits to ecology in writing confirming that determinations of adequate
				potable water for building permits and subdivision approvals will be consistent
				with this chapter.
(3)
				Permit-exempt well withdrawals from reserves may not occur where a public water
				supplier can provide a connection in a timely and reasonable manner.
				Determinations of what it means to provide water service in a timely and
				reasonable manner shall be consistent with public water system plans, if
				applicable, and applicable state and local laws including, but not limited to,
				Jefferson County or Clallam County code.
(4)
Donovan, Ludlow, Piddling, Spencer,
				and Tarboo subbasins.
Withdrawals from the reserves of water in Donovan,
				Ludlow, Piddling, Spencer, and Tarboo reserve management areas shall be limited
				to permit-exempt well use consistent with the conservation standard defined in
				WAC 173-517-120.
(5)
Salmon and Snow subbasins.
Withdrawals from the reserves of water in Salmon and Snow reserve management
				areas shall be limited to permit-exempt well use consistent with the
				conservation standard defined in WAC
				173-517-120, and the following:
				Up to 5,000 gallons per day of the Salmon Creek reserve, and up to 3,000
				gallons per day of the Snow Creek reserve may be used for a permit-exempt
				withdrawal for commercial agriculture.
(a)
				Each user must register with ecology or its designee before water use for
				commercial irrigation begins.
(b)
				If the commercial agricultural use ceases, then the balance of the water
				returns to the reserve and use of the well shall be consistent with the
				conservation standard defined in WAC
				173-517-120.