EXH0577023782

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

RE: Application of Change of Water Right !i The Port of Seattle is submitting a Change of Water Right Application for a well located on Port property. The intent of the application is to add a use to the water right. In addition tc its current use (irrigation of a tenant-operated golf course), the Port wishes to add flow angrnentation for Des Moines Creek as a use. The proposed flow augmentation project is part of the Des Moines ,_ Creek Basin Plan, which has been jointly developed and funded by the cities of SeaTae and DesMoines, the Washington Department of Transportation, King County, and the Port of Seattle. Attached to this letter, as part ofthe application package, please find the following: • The application form for Change/Transfer of Water Right, • A copy of the report "Des Moines Creek Flow Augmentation Plan" (which includes maps showing the well location and copies of the water rights certificates), • A copy of an agreement between the Port and Highline Water District concerning the well and the associated water right, • Copies of electrical statements from Puget Power (now Puget Sound Energy) showing electrical usage of the well pump, • Photographs of the wellhouse and electrical meter, • Aerial photographs from 1969, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1999, showing the golf course irrigated area, and • A check for the $10.00 processing fee. The weU was drilled in the late 1940's for King County Water District No. 75 (now Highline Water District).…
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