Pasco Basin UpdateColumbia River Policy Advisory Group

September 2, 2021

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Image from Google Earth 2021

Pasco Basin Groundwater

Subarea

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From USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5026

Timeline

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1967

USGS

study

1982

Odessa

Rule

1973

Quincy

Rule

2021

WAC

508-14

SSB 5230

passes

20162000s1943

Columbia

Basin

Act

GW management

efforts &

RCW 89.12.170

USGS Study

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• 2016 report

• Artificial Recharge

• Groundwater management Scenarios

From USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5026

Timeline

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1967

USGS

study

1982

Odessa

Rule

1973

Quincy

Rule

2021

WAC

508-14

SSB 5230

passes

20162000s1943

Columbia

Basin

Act

GW management

efforts &

RCW 89.12.170

2021 Legislative Amendment

• Amendment to RCW 89.12.170 passed legislature

• Allocation of artificially stored groundwater via agreement

• Boundary designation

• Clarifies procedure

• Rulemaking

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Draft Schedule

Questions?

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