Cities, tribe gain water rights
The state Department of Ecology was to announce today that it has granted major water rights for the cities of Olympia and Lacey and the Nisqually Tribe to support growth and development for the two cities and tribe for the next 30 years.
Ecology officials are also poised to grant new water rights for the City of Yelm, but the permit has been appealed to the Pollution Control Hearings Board and won’t be resolved until summer.
The water supply package took more than 15 years to complete.
The first-of-its-kind collaboration in Western Washington also includes habitat restoration projects and introduction of reclaimed wastewater to aid the water budget in the Woodland Creek and Hawks Prairie areas.
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