Requirements for metering water use
Metering water use helps us manage a limited natural resource and ensures compliance with water laws.
Metering is required for certain uses
Below are some examples of water uses that requires metering:
- All new surface water uses
- All existing surface water uses greater than one cubic foot of water per second
- All new water right permits issued where waters contain depressed or critical salmonid stock
- Some water uses in water-short areas
- Some mitigated water uses
- Some uses of water from reserves
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Contact information
Contact the Ecology office serving the area where a water source is located.
Office of Columbia River: 509-575-2597 or wrocrprojects@ecy.wa.gov
All water sources within two miles of the Columbia River.
Region offices
Central Region: 509-575-2597 or wrcro@ecy.wa.gov
Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, and Yakima counties.
Eastern Region: 509-329-3400 or wrero@ecy.wa.gov
Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.
Northwest Region: 206-594-0193 or wrnwro@ecy.wa.gov
Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties.
Southwest Region: 360-407-6300 or wrswro@ecy.wa.gov
Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties.