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r <br />0 <br />Exhibit 141 <br />: Webpage Update <br />Water Resources Management <br />Kittitas County's water management activities protect surface and groundwater r <br />The Drinking Water Program is managed bv the Public Health Department. P[jhli <br />resource programs include fl <br />oodplain and groundwate <br />r management. <br />eso u rces . <br />c Works water <br />The groundwater management program improves water reliability. To achieve this goal, as of <br />L ecember z, 201.5, all new groundwater uses within the Yakima Basin portion of Kittitas County are <br />required to. <br />1. Mitigate — Water mitigation* certificates are issued from a water bank. Mitigation <br />certificates provide the ability to legally extract water out of a well for domestic use. <br />2. Meter —Metering is required for those who purchased water mitigation from the <br />Kittitas County Water Bank or a private water bank. <br />The requirements are found <br />building perm it processes. <br />in KCC 13.40 and need to be met during the land subdivision and <br />*water mitigation is created when older, senior water use ceases so that new uses can be established. <br />2026 Drought Information <br />On Apr*11 8, 2026, the Washington State Department of <br />the Yakima Basin. The declaration reflects unusually low snowpack and s <br />creating challenges for farms and fish throughout the region. <br />As a result of dr <br />their water allot <br />critically low. <br />Ecology declared a drought emergency for <br />treamflows, which are <br />ought conditions, pro -ratable water users within our community are receiving 52% of <br />ments, some junior water r ights have been restricted, and streamflows remain <br />Most rural homes in Kittitas County have water -use protections backed by senior water rights. <br />Depending on when your well was established and first used, these protections may be provided <br />through a recorded mitigation certificate or t <br />on behalf of historic well users. <br />What does this mean for my home? <br />hrough senior water rights acquired by Kittitas County <br />Most homes served by'1nd'1v*1dua1 or shared wells have water -use protections backed by senior water <br />rights. For historic well users, these protections cover indoor household water use and irrigation of <br />