Water Quantity and Water Rights

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Salish Sea References

• Watershed Characterization Mapper
• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
• PRISM Project Search
• Washington Coastal Atlas
• WDFW's Salmonscape Map

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Water is a public trust resource, however how we change the landscape can change the total water available, and that available water is apportioned through a system of water rights, by which different entities have preferential and regulated access to the waters of the United States.

Notes

• Water rights are administered through state law
• Clean Water Act can affect water rights where exertion of a right changes water quality (??).

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