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<br /> <br /> <br />The Departments of Ecology and Health have undertaken review of the Water Rights and water <br />demands. In approving the Water Rights for use on the MPR, the Washington Department of <br />Ecology reviewed modeling for water demands for the MPR that were developed and reviewed <br />as part of the environmental impact statement process. The Department of Health has also <br />evaluated the Water Rights when determining whether there is sufficient water available for use. <br />Recently the County received comments about water rights for the MPR as part of its <br />considera on of the Development Agreement amendment. We respec ully submit that the <br />commentors mistakenly considered only part of the consump ve use available under the Water <br />Rights. The average daily water use based on meter readings is the total annual volume not the <br />consump ve quan ty. As noted above, the total volume of water available to the MPR is 3,059 <br />acre-feet annually, not 1,161.71 acre-feet.1 <br />There are sufficient water rights to meet the needs of the MPR. In addi on, we will con nue to <br />demonstrate that water is available through each plat applica on and in accordance with state <br />law. <br /> <br />1 The commentators focused only on the consumptive use quantity and likely did not also include the Water <br />Rights G4-36089/S4-36088.