Where are potential uses of reclaimed water?
The updated reclaimed water market analysis built on studies conducted by the county and other agencies between 1995 and 2006. The analysis identified potential irrigation areas, groundwater recharge areas, and flow-limited streams near reclaimed water sources. Interviews with water and wastewater agencies helped to clarify this information and to identify interest in using reclaimed water in the near and far term. The Pacific Northwest, like most regions of the world, is projected to experience changes in temperature, precipitation, and snowpack as a result of climate change. Changes in climate have, and are expected to continue to have, an increasing impact on water resources. As the seasonal patterns in surface water flow regimes change, water resource managers in the region may need to re-evaluate historical water use, resource management, flood control, instream flow regimes, and general development in the region. This analysis has already begun through the work of the Climate Cha
