REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

May 2008

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New Restrictions on Exempt Wells and Land Development Imposed In Kittitas County, Washington State

On April 8, 2008, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced a “Memorandum of Agreement” with Kittitas County placing significant restrictions on new residential development. In order to forestall a threatened groundwater moratorium, Kittitas County, located just east of the Cascade Mountains, has agreed to restrict rural residential developments relying on permit-exempt groundwater wells and to require water meters for individual residential connections in new developments.