This page tracks the two key metrics associated with the WRIA 55 Watershed Plan Update:
(1) the actual number of building permits that have been issued for homes that will utilize an individual well and the estimated water use associated with those homes once built, and
(2) the water and non-water offset projects that have been, or are currently being implemented.
Water Use - Actual Building Permits Compared to Plan Estimate
| Actual | Plan Estimate 2018-2022 |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
Number of Building Permits | 93 | 155 | 168 | 176 | 98 | 690 | 534 |
Estimated Consumptive Water Use (acre-ft/year) | 83.9 | 137.4 | 148.3 | 155.9 | 83.6 | 609.1 | 470.7 |
Water Offset Projects
Project Name | Total Offset Estimate (ac-ft/yr) | Implemented Offset (ac-ft/yr) | Status |
Bear Creek Managed Aquifer Recharge | 182 | 0 | Design & Construction |
Eloika Lake Surface Water Storage and Wetland Restoration | 1,400 | 0 | Evaluation & Design |
Water Right Acquisitions | 250 | 0 | Negotiating Purchase and Sales Agreements |
Little Spokane Water Bank | 283 | 16 | Mitigation certificates available |