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0 <br />i <br />. This will include notification to <br />that they are at risk qf being curtailed except <br />. fnr indoor domestic uses and irrigation of 500 sq. ft. of exterior yard,. <br />Kittitas County 2026 Rural Area Drought Management <br />Program <br />Background <br />The Ma <br />:)I. 2014 Settlement Agreement between ittitas County, the Washington State <br />Department ot Ecology, Furturewise,,, the Kittitas County Conservation Coalition, and RID(_'if-.,., <br />11b <br />Association identifies that, <br />Rural Area Drought Management Program. Duringperl'ods ()f declared drought in <br />the Yakima River basin, the County will implement a prepared water conservation <br />program fior those new and existing rural domestic ground water users such that <br />water are consumed <br />mirigatea pre-exisiing exempt well users <br />minimal uses oV'groun(l <br />V 0 + <br />This document serves as the prepared water conservation program to be implemented i"n <br />response to the 2026 drought. <br />Water Conservation Program Education and Outreach <br />Kittitas County will update its webpage, issue a press release, and utilize social media to notify <br />ill itigated pre-existing exempt well users that senior water rights purchased by Kittitas County <br />domestic uses and irrigation of 5011() square feet <br />postcard to Package A (indoor water use only) <br />does not allow for their well to be used <br />attached exhibits to this document. <br />� <br />of'' exterior yard. Kittitas County will also mail <br />customers reminding them that their mitigation <br />to irrigate,. These outreach documents are shown in the <br />Education and outreach efforts will also identify measures all county residents can take to reduce <br />water consumption.These educational efforts will focus on outdoor irrigation since outdoor <br />irrigation results i*n much higher consumption rates than indoor uses. V <br />