Groundwater management plans for groundwater management areas in King County
Groundwater Protection Program

These plans provides a description of the groundwater resources, identifies threats to long term water quality and quantity, recommends management strategies for protection. Maps and figures help to explain our work and an in depth appendix provides more details. These plans have been approved by Washington State Department of Ecology and King County Council except for the South King County Plan. In South King County, a committee of utility purveyors has been working to protect groundwater.

All of the Groundwater Management Plans are offered in Adobe Acrobat Format. For help using Acrobat, please visit our Acrobat Help Page. The report is available as one file and in multiple sections for reduced network traffic and faster downloads. Paper copies of the report may be obtained by contacting the main reception desk of the Water and Land Resources Division via email or at 206-296-6519.

Download the management plans:

East King County

• EKC Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies (3,240 Kb)
• EKC Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization (2,332 Kb)
• EKC Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Appendices (1,052 Kb)
• EKC Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Figures (2,133 Kb)

Issaquah Creek Valley

• ICV Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies (3,872 Kb)
• ICV Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization (2,560 Kb)
• ICV Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Appendices (833 Kb)
• ICV Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Figures (11,831 Kb)
• ICV Groundwater Plan - Entire Plan - all parts (25,958 Kb)

Redmond-Bear Creek

• RBC Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies (3,541 Kb)
• RBC Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies - Appendices (545Kb)
• RBC Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization (2,491 Kb)
• RBC Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Figures (15,196 Kb)

South King County

• SKC Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies - DRAFT July 2003 (3,941 Kb)
• SKC Groundwater Plan - Supplement - DRAFT July 2003 (2,091 Kb)

Vashon-Maury Island

• VMI Groundwater Plan - Management Strategies (7,320 Kb)
• VMI Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization (4,169 Kb)
• VMI Groundwater Plan - Area Characterization - Figures (1,614 Kb)
• VMI Groundwater Plan - Entire Plan - all parts (16,804 Kb)

This page is produced by the King County Groundwater Protection Program. To learn more about this group and its responsibilities, please read about the Groundwater Protection Program.