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TABLE OF CONTENTS Fish Passage Fluvial Geomorphology GIS and Mapping Capabilities Instream Flow Analysis Permitting and Planning Plant Ecology and Wetland Science Stormwater Management Stream Restoration Planning And Design Surface Water Hydrology Technical Facilitation, Public Scoping & Participation Water Quality Assessments Water Resource Assessments Water Rights and Water Use
Water Rights and Water Use Analyses associated with Watershed Planning Efforts Water Use Inventory; US Forest Service Adjudication of Federal Reserved Water Rights, Big Horn River Basin, Wyoming Catalogue of Information on Nooksack Basin Water Resources & Fisheries Water Supply |
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Water Rights and Water UseWater Rights Mapping, Samish River Basin, WashingtonClient: Skagit Watershed Planning Unit Project Description: As part of a detailed level II watershed assessment in the Samish Basin, Joanne Greenberg and staff mapped water rights located in the basin. The 638 water rights were explicitly mapped using original documentation on file with WDOE to determine the points of diversion, place of use, and change status for each right. The location of the points and polygons were mapped using ArcView software for each certificate and permit. Points of diversion were mapped for applications and the larger irrigation claims, if available. Water Rights and Water Use Analyses associated with Watershed Planning EffortsClient: Chehalis Basin Partnership (WRIA 22 & 23), Samish Watershed Planning Unit (WRIA 3), WRIA 11(Nisqually) Planning Unit, WRIA 29 (Skamania Co.) Planning Unit Project Description: Joanne Greenberg and Karen F. Welch performed water rights and water use analyses as part of the technical studies associated with the 2514 planning process. The Chehalis is a large basin comprised of two Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs), and is mostly rural. The assessment included evaluation of water quality, fish habitat, and water quantity (water use and water rights) in the basin. Water rights were summarized by subbasin and by type of use. Water use estimates were developed and compared to the water rights summaries to understand data gaps. Water Use Inventory; US Forest ServiceClient: Siuslaw National Forest Project Description: Ed Salminen conducted a water use inventory of the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon. This included coordinating with state and federal agencies to assemble existing information, assembling a database and mapping water use. Final products included a water users’ layer in the Forest GIS and a database of water users. Adjudication of Federal Reserved Water Rights, Big Horn River Basin, WyomingClient: State of Wyoming Project Description: Joanne Greenberg performed a lead role in this project, which included developing a database of the certificated and permitted water rights in the basin. A model was developed to allocate water rights based on physical and legal availability of water. The management operations of the river system were superimposed on the natural hydrology of the basin. Joanne developed and updated the databases and analyzed and summarized model output for the adjudication. Catalogue of Information on Nooksack Basin Water Resources & FisheriesClient: Whatcom County PUD Project Description: Conducted a countywide data collection effort detailing water use and water rights. Analyzed and summarized water rights in the Ecology database, surveyed all the major and many minor water users in the county regarding source of supply, current and projected demand, and amount of water rights. Obtained and summarized the surface water records, climatologic data, and general basin information and tabulated GIS data and mapping layers and/or products available. Project Participants: Joanne Greenberg and Karen F.Welch |
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