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Water Resource Inventory Area

Stre a m flow Re s tora tionDom e s tic Pe rm it-exe m pt Withd ra wa ls : New Regulations (2018 Legis la tion: ESSB 6091)

WRIA BoundaryWatershed plan: update due 2019

Watershed restoration and enhancement plan: due 2021Existing rule that regulates permit-exempt uses Other requirements apply

No Instream Flow Rule

Watershed plan: update due 2021

(See page 2 for details)

County Boundary

Page 2

Map key New regulations

WRIAs 1 (Nooksack) and 11 (Nisqually)

These watersheds: As of 1-19-18, new permit-exempt wells for domestic use in these watersheds are:

• have adopted watershed plans • have instream flow rules that do not regulate permit-

exempt wells • are directed by Section 202(7)(a) of the new law to

update their watershed plans by 2/1/2019

• allowed 3,000 gallons per day as the maximum annual average

• subject to a $500 fee

WRIAs 22 (Lower Chehalis); 23 (Upper Chehalis); 49 (Okanogan); 55 (Little Spokane); and 59 (Colville)

These watersheds: As of 1-19-18, new permit-exempt wells for domestic use in

these watersheds are: • have adopted watershed plans • have instream flow rules that do not regulate permit-

exempt wells • are directed by Section 202(7)(b) of the new law to

update their watershed plans by 2/1/2021

• allowed 3,000 gallons per day as the maximum annual average

• subject to a $500 fee

WRIAs 7 (Snohomish); 8 (Cedar-Sammamish); 9 (Duwamish-Green); 10 (Puyallup-White); 12 (Chambers-Clover); 13 (Deschutes); 14 (Kennedy-Goldsborough); and 15 (Kitsap)

These watersheds: As of 1-19-18, new permit-exempt wells for domestic use in

these watersheds are: • do not have adopted watershed plans • have instream flow rules that do not regulate permit-

exempt wells • are directed by Section 203 of the new law

to adopt watershed restoration and enhancement plans by 2021

• allowed 950 gallons per day as the maximum annual average (350 gallons per day during drought)

• subject to a $500 fee

No new regulations

WRIAs 5 (Stillaguamish); 17 (Quilcene-Snow); 18 (Elwha-Dungeness); 27 (Lewis); 28 (Salmon-Washougal); 32 (Walla Walla); 45 (Wenatchee); 46 (Entiat); 48 (Methow); and 57 (Middle Spokane) These watersheds have existing instream flow rules that regulate permit-exempt uses. The new water use limits, $500 fees, and basin planning under the law do not apply in these watersheds.

WRIAs 37 (Lower Yakima), 38 (Naches), 39 (Upper Yakima), 3 (Lower Skagit), and 4 (Upper Skagit) Other requirements apply in these watersheds. The new water use limits, $500 fees, and basin planning under the law do not apply in these watersheds.

These watersheds are not regulated by an instream flow rule. Permit-exempt wells in these areas are regulated by RCW 90.44.050. The new water use limits, $500 fees, and basin planning under the law do not apply in these watersheds.