WAC 400-12-305   Initial watershed ranking.  Each of the twelve Puget Sound counties has completed the initial watershed ranking. The initial watershed ranking process required each county to convene a committee of representatives from cities, special purpose districts, tribal governments, and other appropriate entities. Information on the water quality, habitat, biological conditions, and land use of each watershed was gathered. The committees then ranked the watersheds in order of need for preventive and/or corrective actions. The committees considered such factors as beneficial uses, likelihood of intensified land use, environmental factors, such as soil, slope, or precipitation, and contamination problems. Each county submitted a report on their ranking process and final ranked list to the department by January 1989.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.70 RCW. 91-22-096, § 400-12-305, filed 11/6/91, effective 12/7/91.]