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: - Agnew Irrigation District – piping about 2 miles of ditch saving an estimated 1.0 cfs of water. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Sequim Prairie-Tri Irrigation Association – piping approximately 1.5 miles of ditch (SP-5 & EM-1) to conserve 1-1.5 cfs.