Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-545 - Instream resources protection program - Wenatchee River basin, water resource inventory area (WRIA) 45 › Section 173-545-090 - Reservation of water for certain future uses

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Using the watershed plan as a primary
			 expression of public interest, and consistent with the authority under
			 RCW
			    90.54.050(1) and
			 90.82.130(4), the
			 department's director determines that it is an overriding consideration of the
			 public interest to reserve an amount of surface and groundwater, up to 4 cubic
			 feet per second, for future beneficial uses as follows:
(a) The priority date for uses under the
			 reservation is the effective date of this chapter.
(b) The reservation is not subject to the
			 instream flows established in WAC
			 173-545-050 and
			 173-545-060.
(c) Beneficial uses of water eligible for the
			 reservation are limited to:
(i) Permitted uses
			 for domestic purposes, irrigation associated with a residence, potable domestic
			 water requirements associated with municipal, commercial, and industrial
			 purposes, and stock water (as defined in WAC
			 173-545-030(17)).
(ii) Permit-exempt uses for
			 domestic purposes, irrigation associated with a residence, domestic water
			 requirements associated with municipal, commercial, and industrial purposes,
			 and stock water (as defined in WAC
			 173-545-030(17)).
(d) The reservation
			 of water for future use is limited to the following locations and amounts:
(i) Chiwawa River near Plain (USGS
			 12-4565.00), up to 0.5 cfs.
(ii)
			 Nason Creek near mouth, up to 0.16 cfs.
(iii) Wenatchee River at Plain (USGS Gage No.
			 12-4570.00), up to 1.0 cfs inclusive of actual water use associated with the
			 subbasin reservations in (d)(i) and (ii) of this subsection.
(iv) Icicle Creek near Leavenworth: Up to 0.1
			 cfs. Reservation of an additional 0.4 cfs will be considered after completion
			 of flow restoration efforts targeting habitat between the city of Leavenworth
			 and Icicle Irrigation District's point of diversion and the U.S. Fish and
			 Wildlife Service hatchery return. Rule making will be required to establish
			 this additional reservation.
(v)
			 Peshastin Creek at Green Bridge: Up to 0.1 cfs.
(vi) Chumstick Creek at North Road: Up to
			 0.043 cfs as an interim reservation to meet projected growth for the three
			 years immediately following the effective date of this rule. At the end of
			 three years, or sooner if the interim reservation is fully appropriated,
			 allocation of any water remaining in the interim reservation and water above
			 the interim reservation, up to a total of 0.13 cfs, is subject to additional
			 conditions described in subsection (10) of this section.
(vii) Mission Creek near Cashmere: Up to 0.03
			 cfs for an interim reservation to meet projected growth for the two years
			 immediately following the effective date of this rule. The interim reservation
			 is subject to additional conditions described in subsection (11) of this
			 section.
(viii) Wenatchee River at
			 Monitor (USGS Gage No. 12-4625.00): Up to 4 cfs inclusive of actual water use
			 associated with the subbasin reservations in (d)(i) through (vii) of this
			 subsection.