Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-548 - Water resources program in the Methow River basin, WRIA-48 › Section 173-548-050 - Streams and lakes closed to further consumptive appropriations

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The department, having determined based on existing information
				that there are no waters available for further appropriation through the
				establishment of rights to use water consumptively, closes the streams and
				lakes listed in (a) and (b), and groundwater hydraulically connected with these
				surface waters to further consumptive appropriation[.] This includes rights to
				use water consumptively established through permit procedures and groundwater
				withdrawals otherwise exempted from permit under
				RCW
				   90.44.050. Specific situations in which well
				construction may be approved are identified.
No wells shall be constructed for any purposes, including those
				exempt from permitting under
				RCW
				   90.44.050, unless one or more of the
				following conditions have been met and construction of the well has been
				approved in writing by the department prior to the beginning of well
				construction:
(1) The proponent has a
			 valid water right permit recognized by the department. For an existing
			 community domestic use, a water right permit must be held by a purveyor of an
			 approved system. (For the purposes of this chapter, an approved water system is
			 one in compliance with the state drinking water regulations, chapter 246-290
			 WAC and the state surface and groundwater codes,
			 chapters
			 90.03 and
			 90.44 RCW); or
(2) The proponent has obtained a valid state
			 surface or groundwater right through a transfer approved by the department
			 under the statutory authority of
			 chapter
			 90.03 or
			 90.44 RCW; or
(3) The proponent is replacing or modifying
			 an existing well developed under the exemption from permit clause of
			 RCW
			    90.44.050 and this has been approved in
			 writing by the department; or,
(4)
			 If the groundwater being sought for withdrawal has been determined by the
			 department not to be hydraulically connected with surface waters listed as
			 closed, the department may approve a withdrawal. When insufficient evidence is
			 available to the department to make a determination that ground and surface
			 waters are not hydraulically connected, the department shall not approve the
			 withdrawal of groundwater unless the person proposing to withdraw the
			 groundwater provides additional information sufficient for the department to
			 determine that hydraulic continuity does not exist and that water is available.
(a) STREAM CLOSURES
The following streams are closed all year, including all
				groundwaters hydraulically connected to these streams.
Stream Name
(Includes Tributaries)
Wolf Creek
Bear Creek
(Davis Lake)
Thompson Creek
Beaver Creek
Alder Creek
Benson Creek
Texas Creek
Libby Creek
Cow Creek
Gold Creek
McFarland Creek
Squaw Creek
Black Canyon Creek
French Creek
(b)
			 LAKE CLOSURES
The following lakes are closed all year, including all
				groundwaters hydraulically connected to these lakes:
Name
Location
Alta Lake
3 mi. SW of Pateros
Black Lake
25 mi. N of Winthrop
Black Pine Lake
9 mi. SW of Twisp
Crater Lake
10 mi. W of Carlton
Davis Lake
Bear Creek Drainage
Eagle Lake
11 mi. SW of Carlton
French Creek
Sec.28, T.31N., R.23E.
Libby Lake
10 mi. W of Carlton
Louis Lake
20 mi. W of Winthrop
Middle Oval Lake
16 mi. W of Carlton
North Lake
20 mi. W of Winthrop
Patterson Lake
Sec.8, T.34N., R.21E.
Pearrygin Lake
Sec.36, T.35N., R.21E.
Slate Lake
14 mi. W of Winthrop
Sunrise Lake
16 mi. W of Methow
Upper Eagle Lake
12 mi. W of Carlton
West Oval Lake
16 mi. W of Carlton