DESCRIPTION
This suite of projects includes multiple
interrelated strategies that restore stream flows in the Dungeness River. One
strategy is irrigation water conservation - primarily, irrigation ditch piping.
The specific projects proposed include the following:
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Agnew Irrigation District - piping about
2 miles of ditch saving an estimated 1.0 cfs of water.
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Dungeness Irrigation District - piping
about 4.6 miles of ditch, preventing 1-1.5 cfs of conveyance losses and
tailwater losses that exceed 1.0 cfs. This will complete the piping of the
entire distribution system, eliminating all conveyance and tailwater losses.
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Dungeness Irrigation Group - piping
about 4 miles of ditch, preventing an estimated 1 cfs of conveyance losses and
as much as 0.6 cfs of tailwater losses. These projects will complete the piping
of the entire Dungeness Group distribution system, eliminating all system
losses.
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Highland Irrigation District - piping
one to two miles of ditch (H10 Lateral), installing a well, or switching to
City of Sequim re-use water resulting in in-river water savings of 1.1 cfs and
eliminating tailwater discharges to Bell Creek.
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Sequim Prairie-Tri Irrigation
Association - piping approximately 1.5 miles of ditch (SP-5 & EM-1) to
conserve 1-1.5 cfs.