Studies/Reports Related to Agricultural Water Supply and the Work of the Joint Legislative Taskforce on Water Supply

• Water Withdrawal Modeling Scenario Request by Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium and Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland. Submitted March 29, 2023.

• Draft Research Proposal to the Washington State Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Supply. Submitted by Johnathan Yoder, Director, State of Washington Water Research Center on behalf of the Joint Legislative Taskforce on Water Supply Research Scoping Work Group. April 29, 2022.

• Study Requests submitted to the Skagit Water Task Force Scoping Workgroup.

  • Skagit Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium LLC Study Request

  • WDFW Study Request

  • Dr. Jon Riedel, et. al. Study Request submitted on behalf of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

  • Larry Wasserman Study Request submitted on behalf of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

  • NOAA Study Request

  • WSU Study Request

  • HDR Inc. Study Request

• Skagit Water Task Force: Follow-Up Questions by Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium and Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland. Submitted October 1st, 2021.

• Compiled Comments on the Skagit Basin Supply and Demand Synthesis (WSAS Review, Ecology Staff, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Skagit PUD and Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium & SPF)

• Public Comments by Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium and Skagitonians to to Preserve Farmland on the Draft Skagit Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. Submitted June 28th, 2021.

• Skagit Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. State of Washington Water Research Center. 2021.

• Independent Peer Review of the Estuary Study Portion of the 1999 Duke Engineering “Final Technical Report: Lower Skagit River Instream Flow Studies.” Prepared for the Washington State Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Supply. Washington State Academy sciences. January 2021.

• Water Resources Adjudication Assessment Legislative Report. Watersheds Proposed for Urgent Adjudication and Future Assessment. By Robin McPherson and Adjudication Staff. Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication 20-11-084. September 2020.

• Shallow Groundwater Movement in the Skagit River Delta Area, Skagit County, Washington. Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5208. Mark E. Savoca, Kenneth H. Johnson, and Elisabeth T. Fasser. U.S. Department of Interior USGS. 2009

• Numerical Simulation of the Groundwater-Flow System in Tributary Subbasins and Vicinity, Lower Skagit River Basin, Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Washington. Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5184. Version 1.1. Kenneth H. Johnson and Mark E. Savoca. U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS. March 2011.

• Final Technical Report Lower Skagit River Instream Flow Studies. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 and City of Anacortes. Duke Engineering & Services Inc. June 1999

• Skagit Basin Comprehensive Irrigation District Management Plan. Prepared for Western Washington Agricultural Association. HDR Engineering, Inc. and Marine View Fisheries Consulting, Inc. 2006

  • Executive Summary

  • Section 1 - Introduction

  • Section 2 - Facilities, Operations, and Needs

  • Section 3 - Baseline Conditions

  • Section 4 - Existing Impacts

  • Section 5 - Action Plan

  • Section 6 - Implementation

• Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Utilization of Skagit River Basin Water Resources for Instream and Out of Stream Purposes. City of Anacortes, Public Utility District No. 1, Skagit County, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. December 1996.