The Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast is intended to support OCR’s efforts to develop new water supplies and to protect instream flows in the Columbia River Basin in eastern Washington. Since 2011, the Forecast—which is completed every five years—has used sophisticated integrated biophysical models to quantify changes in surface water supplies and agricultural water demands 20 years into the future. These Forecasts have included climate change projections to estimate those future changes and have complemented the modeling with a variety of on-the-ground data to understand trends in groundwater supplies, in residential water demands, in agricultural water demand—including from double-cropping practices—and demand for instream water for fish and hydropower. In addition, some Forecasts have addressed specific policy-relevant questions, such as those surrounding water banking, user-pay approaches to permitting, and feasibility of completing a Forecast in western Washington.
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The Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast is intended to support OCR’s efforts to develop new water supplies and to protect instream flows in the Columbia River Basin in eastern Washington. Since 2011, the Forecast—which is completed every five years—has used sophisticated integrated biophysical models to quantify changes in surface water supplies and agricultural water demands 20 years into the future. These Forecasts have included climate change projections to estimate those future changes and have complemented the modeling with a variety of on-the-ground data to understand trends in groundwater supplies, in residential water demands, in agricultural water demand—including from double-cropping practices—and demand for instream water for fish and hydropower. In addition, some Forecasts have addressed specific policy-relevant questions, such as those surrounding water banking, user-pay approaches to permitting, and feasibility of completing a Forecast in western Washington.
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Please note that this comment form is for the purposes of submitting comments to the Washington State Department of Ecology. Commenter contact information is optional. Contact information is necessary if you want to receive future notices or response related to this topic.
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