Whatcom Chapter, Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR), is providing its members and friends frequent reports on the Planning Unit caucuses and local governments efforts to update the County Water Management Plan, as required by the 2018 “Hirst fix” law, RCW 90.94.020. There are still major disagreements between several “non-gov’t” caucuses and some gov’t/environmental caucuses on some of the …
Dec. 12, 2018 Planning Unit Update
View PostThe Hirst Fix: Planning Unit Continues Work on County Water Planning Update
There are still major disagreements between several “non-gov’t” caucuses and the gov’t/environmental caucuses on some of the latter’s proposals re new exempt wells: metering, lower daily withdrawal limits, and fee increases. The need for these “solutions” is questionable.
Letter to Whatcom County Council Questions the Council’s Intent on Fulfillment of Hirst Fix Mandates
Common Threads NW received a copy of the email sent to the Whatcom County Council from Perry Eskridge, of the Land Use Caucus, a member of the Planning Unit which has been tasked to complete an updated water planning report by February of 2019. The letter sent to the Council clearly questions the tactics used and failure of the Council …
Nov. 28, 2018 Planning Unit Meeting: Update for Whatcom County’s Water Planning Saga Continues
The group tasked with assuring that locals have a say over water rights in Whatcom County is refusing to change fees, daily usage and metering requirements for new rural well owners. On Nov. 28, the Planning Unit for WRIA1 – the Water Resource Inventory Area designated by state law that includes the Nooksack River basin and Lake Whatcom – passed …
Whatcom Well Owners Voice Concern Over Latest WRIA1 Plan Outline
Private well owners in Whatcom County say they are concerned over proposed fees, withdrawal caps, metering and vague definitions in the County’s WRIA 1 watershed management planning process. The Planning Unit (a citizen based group formed by state statute) is working on an update to the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Plan, as mandated by the legislature’s passage of ESSB 6091 …