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Klickitat River BasinWatershed Management PlanWater Resource and Habitat Assessment Work ProductsAssessments of watershed conditions were conducted at the direction of the Planning Unit. Thefollowing documents were produced to support the development of the Watershed ManagementPlan: WRIA 30 Watershed Assessment (Watershed Professionals Network and AspectConsulting, January 2005): The document was published in several volumes. Theprimary volume provides a summary of all portions of the assessment work. The variousreports produced during the assessment are published as appendices to the WRIA 30Watershed Assessment.• Appendix A, WRIA 30 Level I Assessment, contains the results of an evaluation ofwater quantity, water quality, and fish habitat that was based, primarily, onexisting information found in reports and other literature;• Appendix B, WRIA 30 Multipurpose Water Storage Screening Assessment Report,contains the results of the first phase of the water storage assessment project;• Appendix C, Addendum to WRIA 30 Multipurpose Water Storage ScreeningAssessment Report, contains the results of the second phase of the water storageassessment project;• Appendix D, WRIA 30 Nitrate Concentration and Distribution Study, containsthe results of the investigations into nitrate concentrations in ground water; and• Appendix E, WRIA 30 Swale Creek Water Temperature Study, contains theresults of the assessment of stream temperature in Swale Creek and includes anevaluation of such factors as stream flow and effective shade.An additional assessment was completed to support the development of the WatershedManagement Plan. This is a memo from Aspect Consulting dated December 6, 2004 regardingstrategies for meeting future municipal water demands in WRIA 30. The WRIA 30 watershedassessment is the source of the water quantity, water quality, and habitat information provided inthis Watershed Management Plan. Information from other sources is referenced.1.5 PLANNING AREAWRIA 30 (Water Resources Inventory Area 30) islocated in Klickitat and Yakima Counties, in southcentral Washington (Figure 1). The City ofGoldendale and the communities of Lyle,Dallesport, Murdock, Wishram, Klickitat,Centerville, High Prairie, and Glenwood are locatedwithin the WRIA. The border of Washington andOregon at the Columbia River is WRIA 30’ssouthern boundary (Figure 2). For the purpose ofFigure 1. Location of WRIA 30 in Washington State.Introduction 5 May 3, 2005