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Building your dream home? Adding a mother-in-law apartment? Water is resource now under the control of the State Department of Ecology, subject to mitigation fees and metering of your well.
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Planting a garden or orchard? For outdoor watering, a separate mitigation package must be obtained, starting at $2,000. Outdoor watering is no longer available in many areas for an undetermined amount of time.
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Would you like to own a couple of horses? In some areas, this will no longer be possible with the new water rule where only domestic water use is permitted.
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Thinking of starting a lavender farm? The $2000 basic outdoor watering package allows for only .06 acres of irrigated area and $3000 extended watering package allows for only .13 acres of irrigated area.
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Own property in the green area? Water is presently available only for domestic use with other use water projected to be available in the summer of '13. Own property in the yellow area? Water is available only for domestic use in the foreseeable future, no other uses permitted.
Olympic Resource Protection Council (ORPC) continues its efforts to actively engage the Department of Ecology (DOE) on their WRIA 18 East Rule. This rule essentially covers Clallam County East of Morse Creek and has significant and costly impacts for property owners needing a new well or those owners who would like a change of use for their existing well.
Those who will be affected include those owning property in WRIA 18 West (up to West of the Elwha River), where the WRIA 18 East rule will likely serve as a template when a similar rule is imposed there in the near future, and those who own property not directly affected by the rule whose property taxes will increase to make up for the decrease in assessed value and property taxes of “water have not” properties affected by the rule.
Members, donors, and supporters of the ORPC believe there are serious problems with rule. The stakes are high and this rule must be challenged so we can bring common sense to the issue of water and land in Clallam County. We thank you for your continued support of ORPC and commitment to the future of Clallam County.
