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' '_-2_-288 11 :83AIq FROM WATER RESOURCES CONS 3686761848 P 2 • r r t 4 ).'_ _"- Water Resources Consulting L.L.C. wining.Phi). ( September 26, 2000 Mr. Ray H¢llwig, Regional Director TRANSMITTED BY FAX NorthwestRegionalOffice Washington State Department of Ecology 3190160=Ave.S.E. BeUevue, Washington 98008-5452 RE: Further Supplemental Information, Des Moines Creek Flow Augmentation Facility Dear Mr. Hellwig, This letter comments on the latest addition to the accumulating documents relating to flow augmentation in Des Moines Creek. Please rvcolle_ that the flow augmentation plan for Des Moinvs Crc_know consists of the following documents: • Implementation Plan for the Des Moines Creek Flow Augmentation Facility, July 25, 2000. The "preferred option" in this version of the plan was to use water from a port-owned well • Revised Implementation Plan for the Des Moines CreekFlow Auo_enmtion Facility, August 18, 2000. This version of the plan maintained the preference for the well source, but also discussed Seattle water. • Flow Augmentation Update, email from Keith Smith to Tom Lust_, September 6, 2000. Thisrevisionstatedthat"theprimarysourceiswaterfromSeattlePublicUtilities." • Des MoinesCreekFlow AugmentationPreliminaryDesign,"writtenby Kennedy/.[enks ConsultantsforthePortofSeattle,datedSeptember2000.Thisversionsaysthatwaterfrom SPU is"currentlythepreferredsource"offlowaugmentationwater. Theseriesisevidentlynotcompleteyet,asthelastonemakes repeatedreferenceto:'thenext submittal"andthe"finalsubmittaltoEcology."We havenoideawhen we shallseethesefuture installments.Theexistingdocumentsareallincomplete,inconsistent,andgiveasenseoflmphazazd planningtothePortofSeattle'sapproachtothisimportant problem.Ihavecommentedontheflrst threesubmittalsinlettersofSeptember5=andSeptember15_,toTom Lusterofyourdepartment. MostofthedefectsIhavepreviouslyidentifiedstillremaininthelatestversion.Themostimportant onesarethefollowing: • The most serious drawback to all' of the Port's submittals is that the Port of Seattle has secured no source of wat_ for flow augmentation. AR 023557 BeUingham,Weshivq_on FAYc360-6"/6-]040 98225-3237U.S.A. email:pwill_.lu_net ............... r_uv_f vv_ir..._ R__.:_IJLII-_L;__._;CONS 36{aE;781[a4{a P. 3 .+ Mr. Ray Hellwig 2 September .26, 2000 • The most recent submittal shows no apparent awar=less that SPU water…

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