DA-15-00001 Palomino Fields Master File

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are met. 6) Does the proposal involve any discharges of waste materials to surface waters? If so, describe the type of waste and anticipated volume of discharge. No discharges of waste materials to surface waters will occur if urban services are supplied by the City of Ellensburg via an outside utility extension agreement. It is the intent of the landowner to use the urban services provided by the City of Ellensburg if possible. If this does not happen then the use of approved Washington State Department of Health or Kittitas County Environmental Health Department Community Septic Systems as well as individual septic systems will be used to treat the initial meds of the development. A licensed septic designer or a licensed professional engineer will design these systems. These systems will discharge treated wastewater in the amount allowed by Washington State law. Further if the City of Ellensburg declines to enter into a utility extension agreement with the applicant the applicant will entered into a agreement with LCU, Inc., a private utility company, to produce a plan for providing sewer services to this proposal through the development of a Class A Reclaimed Water system as provided for in RCW 90.46. The Class A reclaimed water system will be constructed once there is adequate volume, approximately 10,000 gallons per day, the Class A Reclaimed Water System will be constructed. This planning for said Class A reclaimed Water System will start if the applicant is denied access to the City of Ellensburg utilities through an Utility Extension Agreement. LCU, Inc. is currently in the process of building the first Class A Reclaimed Water System in the county in the Ronald area. The system that is proposed for this project will be similar in design and operation as the approved Ronald Class A Reclaimed Water Facility. b. Ground 1) Will ground water be withdrawn, or will water be discharged to surface waters? If so, give general description, purpose, and approximate quantities if ]mown. There will be no ground water withdrawal or water discharged to surface waters if the City of Ellensburg approves an outside utility extension. If this doesn't happen then the applicant will development a Group A water system to serve this proposal, which will require the withdrawal of ground water. This action will require a water right change from a surface seasonal water right to a year around ground water withdrawal for domestic use. Applicant Development of Group A Water System as an Alternative to City Of Ellensburg Water Service: If the City of Ellensburg declines to provide the project with water service, the applicant, who owns a number of senior water rights associated with the proposed project, will develop a Group A water system to serve the property. One of the senior water rights would be converted from a surface water right to a ground water right and used to serve the domestic water required for this proposal. This water right would then be used as the basis to form a Group A water system which would be approved by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The Group A water system would be managed by LCU, Inc, an approved Satellite Management Agency approved by the DOH and Kittitas County. Irrigation water would be provided through the other existing rights. This Group A water system would require the withdrawal of approximately 125 acre feet water from a well annually.