Ecology Starts Water Rights Adjudication for Nooksack River System

Ecology announced that it has filed a water rights adjudication in Whatcom County Superior Court to determine the water rights for some 30,000 water users in and around Whatcom County. The purpose of a water rights adjudication is to resolve competing claims to water, especially in light of diminishing quantities of waters resulting from climate change. The process is important to Trout Unlimited because it can help protect trout and salmon by protecting instream flows, especially during low-flow periods.

WRIA 1 - Nooksack Watershed - Source: Ecology

Additional information can be found on Ecology’s website at https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/news/2024-news-stories/may-2-nooksack-adjudication-filing