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April 2012 Project Update

Now posted under Reclaimed Water Policies and Analysis:
• WTD planning process recommendation and reclaimed water policies to guide the reclaimed water program.
• Results of Step 4 of the planning process.
• Results of identification and scoping of alternatives to reclaimed water that may achieve similar benefits.

View project update (PDF), April 5, 2012.

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• Purpose and Need Statement
• Project updates
• Discussion meetings summaries
• Planning process documents
• Graphics
• Workshop agendas and handouts (Web page)
• Legislation (Web page)
• Reclaimed Water Feasibility Study, March 2008 (Web page)

Purpose and Need Statement

• Purpose and Need Statement, July 2009, updated June 2010 (1.0MB)
  This document describes the drivers that prompted development of the reclaimed water comprehensive planning effort. The document was updated in June 2010 to include evaluation criteria that was approved by the King County Council in May 2010.

Project updates

• Project update, April 5, 2012
• King County’s draft reclaimed water policies available for comment until Dec. 2, Updated Nov. 4, 2011
  Comment period on King County's draft reclaimed water policies extended until Friday, December 2, 2011
• King County’s draft reclaimed water policies available for comment until Nov. 18, Oct. 12, 2011
• Council Approves Motion to Move Forward with Strategies, Amend Planning Process, June 9, 2011 (650KB)
• King County Executive transmits legislation to King County Council to approve three reclaimed water strategies for further analysis, Feb. 17, 2011 (319KB)
• WTD proposes three reclaimed water strategies for further analysis, Sept. 19, 2010 (340KB)
• April 29, 2010 workshop summary and materials now available, June 9, 2010 (219KB)
• New Potential Uses Information Now Available, April 19, 2010 (266KB)
• Initiating Discussion on Guiding Principles for the Reclaimed Water Financing Plan, Mar. 11, 2010 (255KB)
• December 10, 2009 Workshop Summary, Feb. 9, 2010 (199KB)
• Evaluation criteria legislation transmitted to the King County Council; flow modeling data report now available online, Jan. 27, 2010 (272KB)
• December 10 Workshop 3 Materials; King County Council approves planning process, Jan. 4, 2010 (239KB)
• WateReuse Foundation Framework executive summary available online, Dec. 1, 2009 (334KB)
• Workshop 2 Materials available online, Oct. 19, 2009 (315KB)
• Executive transmits reclaimed water planning process to King County Council, Sept. 9, 2009 (185KB)

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Discussion meetings summaries

Discussion meetings summaries are provided periodically so that interested parties can review the feedback King County has received from individual meetings and workshops.

• September 2010 - November 2010;
  This summary relates to King County’s planning efforts from September through November 2010, which focused on the reclaimed water strategies the Wastewater Treatment Division proposed for further analysis.
• May 2010 - July 2010 (250KB), updated Sept., 2010
  This summary relates to King County’s planning efforts from May 1 – July 31, 2010, which focused on refining conceptual approaches to producing and distributing reclaimed water (called ‘strategies”) to serve identified potential uses for reclaimed water.
• November 2008 - September 2009 (252KB)
  This summary discusses input received on the purpose and need for the reclaimed water comprehensive plan, the planning process, and potential uses for reclaimed water.
• June 2008 - October 2008 (112KB)
  This summary discusses input received on planning for reclaimed water now, involving the public in the planning process, contents of the plan, and evaluation criteria.

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Planning process documents

• Reclaimed Water Policies and Analysis 
  Documents in this section provide information related to policies developed and analysis conducted in evaluating potential strategies to serve potential uses of reclaimed water.
• Potential Uses for Reclaimed Water and Development of Strategies to Serve Uses
  Documents in this section provide information related to identifying potential uses for reclaimed water and developing strategies to serve potential uses.
• Economic Analysis
  Documents in this section provide information related to evaluating the benefits and costs of the production and use of reclaimed water.
• Financing and budget-related
  Documents in this section provide information related to financing the production and use of reclaimed water and budget information on reclaimed water planning and the county’s existing reclaimed water program.
• Policy-related Documents
  Documents in this section provide information related to policy guidance to determine if, how, when, where and by what funding mechanisms King County’s existing reclaimed water program should expand.

Reclaimed Water Policies and Analysis

• WTD Revised Policies to Guide the Determination of Whether or to What Extent King County's Reclaimed Water Program Should Expand in the Future,
  March 2012 (1.1MB)
  • Comments (7.5MB)
  • Response to Comments (600KB)
• Working Draft: Benefit-Cost Analysis of Reclaimed Water Strategies,
  March 2012 (1.2MB)
• Working Draft: Engineering Analysis and Definition of Reclaimed Water Strategies,
  March 2012 (3.5MB) 
• Working Draft: Potential Alternatives to Reclaimed Water that May Achieve Similar Benefits,
  March 2012 (320KB)
• Working Draft: Reclaimed Water Strategy Effects on Lakes, Streams and Rivers,
  March 2012 (770KB)
• Working Draft: Reclaimed Water Strategy Effects on Puget Sound,
  March 2012 (705KB)
• Working Draft: Reclaimed Water Strategy Effects on Wetlands,
  March 2012 (5MB) 
• Working Draft: Reclaimed Water Strategy Effects on the Built Environment,
  March 2012 (7.4MB)
• Working Draft: Regulatory Feasibility of Reclaimed Water Strategies,
  April 2012 (2.5MB)

Potential Uses for Reclaimed Water and Development of Strategies to Serve Uses

• Working Draft - Identification of Potential Nonpotable Consumptive Uses of Reclaimed Water
  March 2010 (1.1MB)
• Working Draft - Use of Existing Model for Determining Amount of Wastewater Available for Reclamation,
  January 2010 (309KB)
• Preliminary assessment of water resource conditions:
  • Working Draft: Identification of Streams with Declines in Summer Low Flows,
    Revised April 2010 (4MB)
  • Working Draft: Identification of Wetlands Likely to Have Altered Hydrology that Are Not Bogs or Coniferous Forested Wetlands,
    Revised April 2010 (560KB)
  • Working Draft: Lowered Groundwater Levels in King County, Washington: A Preliminary Review of Reports,
    Revised April 2010 (590KB)
  • Working Draft: Preliminary Estimates of Summer Environmental Restoration Flow Targets for Basins in King County with Declines in Summer Low Flows,
    Revised April 2010 (400KB)

Economic Analysis

• WateReuse Foundation: An Economic Framework for Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Water Reuse, (Handout at workshop #3),
  2006 (175KB)
• Working Draft: Identification of Potential Economic Costs of Production and Use of Reclaimed Water,
  November 2009 (336KB)
• Working Draft: Identification of Potential Economic Benefits of Production and Use of Reclaimed Water,
  Updated November 2009 (550KB)

Financing and budget-related

• Example Guiding Principles for Reclaimed Water Financing Plan, for discussion purposes only
  March 2010
• King County reclaimed water budget information,
  February 10, 2010

Policy-related Documents

• Draft Reclaimed Water Policies, for public review and comment
  Updated November 2011

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Graphics

Reclaimed Water Strategies Recommended for Analysis (PDF)
Overview of reclaimed water planning process (PDF), approved by the King County Council through Motion 13483 (PDF), Schedule updated May 2011	Reclaimed Water Comprehensive Plan: To determine if, how, when, where & by what funding mechanisms King County's reclaimed water program should expand	King County's Reclaimed Water Comprehensive Planning Area

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