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Clerk 09/19//2002
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Sallal Water Association 2001 Comprehensive Water System Plan.
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PREAMBLE:
K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires approval of comprehensive plans for water utilities as a prerequisite for granting right-of-way franchises and approval of right-of-way construction permits.
The Sallal Water Association is located east of the city of North Bend and currently provides retail and wholesale water service to approximately five thousand people; about ten thousand people are projected to be retail or wholesale customers when the service area is fully developed under existing zoning. The association's only wholesale customer is the Wilderness Rim development. The service area is largely rural, although some of the city of North Bend's urban growth area is also served.
The association's water rights for its three wells are not sufficient to support all of the growth projected to occur in the future assuming existing patterns of water use. Of concern is the total annual quantity of water allowed to be withdrawn under the rights. This quantity will likely be reached in approximately 2005. The association will need to acquire additional water rights or additional sources of supply to meet future demand or else go into moratorium.
To address the water rights problem, the association is pursuing several additional supply options, including additional ground water rights, connection to the city of Seattle's Cedar river source at the Masonry pool, and development of and connection to other potential supplies.
The Sallal Water Association provides water service to portions of unincorporated King County. Under K.C.C. chapter 13.24, the county may require an update plan or documentation whenever conditions for water availability have changed significantly within a water utility service area. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 further requires that water utilities promptly notify King County of any significant changes affecting...

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