Thank you for visiting our new "Water" page. We will attempt to bring together water related information to help keep the community abreast of water related developments.
The Methow Watershed Council has graciously agreed to share their Zoom meeting recordings with County Watch. Link to recordings: here . For past Watershed Council meeting minutes, please go to their comprehensive website: https://www.methowwatershed.com/
COUNTY WIDE WATER RELATED NEWS
11-10-2021 Methow Valley News Article Re: Judge Rawson Decision: "People who own lots created by subdivision after March 2002 have the right to move ahead with building, and to use a well that draws from the Methow River to supply their house, an Okanogan County Superior Court judge has ruled. " https://methowvalleynews.com/2021/11/10/judge-property-owners-have-vested-right-to-build/
5-12-2021 The state capital budget, approved by the Legislature but not yet signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee, appropriates $14 million total — $2 million of which is dedicated to the Methow Basin — to the Department of Ecology for a pilot program to create region-specific water banks. The banks, administered by Ecology, would keep water rights within their basin of origin, and keep them from expiring for lack of use. See article in the Methow Valley News here .
3-3-2021 Crown Columbia, a private investment company, has applied for "an area wide water permit" anywhere within the vast Columbia River basin in Washington state. See article in the Methow Valley News here.
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2-22-2021 Letter from WA Dept of Ecology to Okanogan County Stakeholders announcing Crown Columbia Application
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4-1-2021 Crown Columbia application stopped. See Wa Dept of Ecology letter to right.
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WRIA 48
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2009 Methow Plan
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1976 Methow Plan Addendum
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WRIA 49
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WRIA 49 Okanogan Watershed Water Availability - Ecology Document 1-2021.
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WAC 173-549- 020 Minimum In Stream flows - WRIA 49
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WA STATE DEPT OF ECOLOGY DOCUMENTS
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ESSB 6091 – Streamflow Restoration
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