Matt Wells Speaker at Seminar on Water Rights Transfers

Water is an essential economic and environmental resource for Washington State. Our water supplies are under ever-increasing pressure to meet the out-of-stream needs of agriculture and growing communities, while simultaneously meeting the in-stream needs of fish and other aquatic resources. Managing our water resources efficiently to meet current and future demands involves changing and transferring existing water rights to align with new needs.

Program chairs Maia Bellon, Water Resources Program Manager at the Washington Department of Ecology, and DMW's Matt Wells led this timely seminar exploring a wide range of issues affecting Washington's primary means of meeting future demand -- water rights changes and transfers. 

• To view the agenda for the seminar, click here.