WRIA 55 Streamflow Restoration Plan Development Process

The Streamflow Restoration Act (RCW 90.94) requires that the WRIA 55 Initiating Governments (Spokane County, Stevens County, Pend Oreille County, City of Spokane, and Whitworth Water District) in collaboration with the WRIA 55 Planning Unit update the WRIA 55 Watershed Plan (approved in 2006 pursuant to RCW 90.82) to include projects and actions that will offset the impact of new projected water use from individual domestic wells that will be put into use between 2018 and 2038. The watershed plan update is documented in the WRIA 55 Watershed Plan Addendum (see link below). 

Spokane County served as the lead agency for developing the watershed plan update and a consultant team led by Aspect Consulting provided technical and facilitation support.  The planning effort took place between November 2019 and September 2021.  

This page documents the planning process including meeting agendas, meeting minutes, technical documents, and other associated documents. Note that past meeting agendas and minutes can be found using the link on the right side of this page.

Please visit Spokane River Watersheds for background and additional information on WRIA 55 and all the Spokane River WRIAs (Water Resource Inventory Areas).

DOCUMENTS

Watershed Plan Addendum FINAL 11_01_2020

Watershed Plan Addendum DRAFT 07_02_2020

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Field Investigation Report 06_18_2020

Preliminary MAR Project Design Memo 06_19_2020

WRIA 55 6091 Exempt Well Demand Memo_03_02_2020_DRAFT

DRAFT WRIA 55 LSR Current Aquatic Habitat Conditions 02_26_2020_DRAFT

WRIA 55 Offset Project Tech Memo_DRAFT

WRIA 55 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Site Optimization 12/2/19

WRIA 55 6091 Evaluation of Exempt Well Demand Memo of 9/9/19 DRAFT

Watershed Planning Review 3_31_19 FINAL

Exempt Well Demand 1_18_19 DRAFT
-- CELP Comments
-- Ecology Comments
-- Greg Sweeney Comments
-- John Endres Comments
-- Kalispel Tribe Comments
-- Pend Oreille County Comments
-- Spokane Riverkeeper Comments
-- Spokane Tribe Comments

Initiating Governments Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

APPLICATION:  Little Spokane Ground and Surface Water Model Results Explorer
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Agendas & Minutes

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