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<br />Ci`.:r.- ( H1, LHG, CWRE Sar;or ,associate i-lydrogeologist
<br />Working from Aspect's Yakima office, Tyson has over 20 years of
<br />experience focused on water resource development and water rights. His EDUCATION
<br />MS, Hydrology, The University of Arizona
<br />strengths lie In evaluating hydrogeologic systems, developing regional and BS, Environmental Science, The University of
<br />site-specific hydrogeologic conceptual models, and permitting water Arizona
<br />resources. Tyson has completed projects for public, private, and NGOs in REGISTRATION
<br />support of numerous water right assessments and acquisitions. He has Licensed Hydrogeologist, WA
<br />been the lead water right investigator on decisions for both new Certified Water Right Examiner, WA
<br />appropriations -- municipal, agriculture, fish propagation, and
<br />commercial/industrial purposes — and transfer/change of existing rights,
<br />including use of the State's Trust Water Right Program (TWRP) for purposes of instream flow, habitat, and
<br />mitigation through development of site-specific to regional scale water banks.
<br />Kittitas County Water Bank, Kittitas County I Ellensburg, WA
<br />Tyson assisted Kittitas County with implementation of Its water bank, including the application(s) that do
<br />not qualify for its over-the-counter program, requiring a mitigated water budget neutral water right
<br />permit. Specially, Tyson is the lead hydrogeologist characterizing each major subbasin in the upper and
<br />lower county for mitigation suitability, local and legal availability, and impairment of senior water right
<br />including Native American Tribe's native and accustomed fishing grounds, and ESA -listed species.
<br />Kittitas County Consumptive Use Pilot Study j Cie Elum, WA
<br />In partnership with a local developer, Kittitas County is completing a pilot study to quantitatively
<br />determine the percent of consumptive use associated with indoor -only domestic use. The primary location
<br />of the pilot study is a development located in the water short Fowler Creek subbasin (located in the yellow
<br />zone), with additional data collected near Ellensburg (located in green zone). Water will be withdrawn
<br />from an existing well, then conveyed from the well to the pilot study area where water will be metered
<br />before entering the home. Following indoor use, wastewater will be discharged to aseptic tank, clarified
<br />through a membrane filter, metered, and recharged via a drain field. Consumptive use will be calculated,
<br />and non -potable trucked mitigation water will be discharged (and metered) by a regional mitigation
<br />cistern to a drain field located in close proximity to Fowler Creek. The project is being designed to offset
<br />all consumptive use local impacts to Fowler Creek. Tyson is the project manager and lead hydrogeologist
<br />on the project providing permitting support, technical design, review, and oversight.
<br />Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (OTID) Water Bank I Oroville, WA
<br />OTID holds five water right certificates to provide irrigation water to approximately 10,000 acres in
<br />northern Okanogan County, Washington. The irrigation district extends from the Canadian border south
<br />about 25 miles on both sides of Osoyoos Lake and the Okanogan River. In 2017, Aspect completed a
<br />Certificated Water Right Examiner (CWRE) Report on all five water right changes, resulting in Ecology
<br />issuing CWRE approval letters for nearly 40,000 acre-feet. On April 4, 2019, a drought emergency was
<br />declared by Governor Jay Inslee in the Methow, Okanogan, and upperYakima River watersheds. In
<br />partnership with Ecology, Tyson assisted OTID in development of a water bank to help regional water
<br />users impacted by the drought. The water bank will be used to support instream flows and to assist
<br />`junior" water users during periods of curtailment. Long-term, the water bank will provide financial
<br />solvency to the district and reduce assessments to local growers.
<br />WRIA 49 Streamflow Restoration Technical Assistance ) Okanogan County, WA
<br />Tyson is providing technical assistance to the Water Resource inventory Area (WRIA) 49 Streamflow
<br />Restoration Planning Unit to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of select projects to offset the
<br />consumptive use impacts of rural domestic water supply over the next 20 years. Per Chapter 90.94 RCW
<br />and Ecology policy and guidance documents, the offset must be both water budget neutral and provide
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