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 …
The 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.