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How to keep water running at your Yakima Basin cabin
For a limited time, we’re offering a program to help you obtain senior mitigation water to offset your use and reduce the chance of your water being restricted. Get in touch to see if you qualify.
Washington water supply update
El Niño has arrived bringing an increased probability of a warm, dry winter next year.
New rule amendments in five key watersheds
Ecology has completed rulemaking related to streamflow restoration for five watersheds.
The science behind drought declarations
From snowpack data, to river forecasts to climate predictions, there's a lot of science behind a drought declaration.
Yakima Basin water supply update
On April 8, we declared a statewide drought emergency, the fourth in a row for the Yakima Basin. Here are the water supply conditions that may lead to restrictions on water use later this summer.
The success of streamflow restoration grants: Stewart Mountain Community Forest
A $5.5 million streamflow restoration grant added about 1,600 acres to the Stewart Mountain Community Forest.
Washington water supply update
Warm weather resulting in a lack of snowpack means there’s still no end in sight to the ongoing drought, despite a wet winter.
Did record rainfall end Washington’s drought?
The rains and floods that swept through our communities in December was followed by cooler weather and heavy snow. That precipitation did a lot of damage, but did it do any good?
Fact or fiction
We're dispelling rumors and sharing critical truths about adjudication for Water Resources Inventory Area 1 (WRIA), also known as the Nooksack watershed.
Streamflow restoration projects to receive $40 million in funding
Ecology will begin accepting applications in January for streamflow restoration competitive grants.