The GWAC is made up of citizens representing the Issaquah community, industry, water user groups, special interest groups, and local, county and state government. The committee was formed in 1989 and has been meeting since, with the dual responsibility of overseeing the development of the Issaquah Ground Water Management Plan and carrying out the public involvement phase of the plan which seeks to educate the public on issues relating to groundwater, aquifer protection and water conservation.

Notice of Name Change

• to develop the Issaquah Creek Valley Ground Water Management Plan,
• to lobby before local jurisdictions to reach consensus with the Ground Water Management Plan,
• to testify in support of the Ground Water Management Plan before the King County Council, and,
• to provide an ongoing forum for public education on groundwater

The goal of the Ground Water Management Program is to protect ground water quality and assure ground water quantity for current and future uses. This work has only begun!

After consulting with King County staff, Department of Ecology staff, Department of Health staff and current committee members the Issaquah Creek Valley Ground Water Advisory Committee (commonly referred to as the GWAC) will become The Issaquah Creek Valley Ground Water Advocates Coalition.

The name will be changed, the membership will be expanded but the goal will remain the same. The forum for this coalition will be high tech and low cost. We hope this page will become a virtual town meeting to support implementation of the Ground Water Management Plan and to provide information sharing and public education. We will report on local issues related to groundwater and provide refereed answers for questions on groundwater issues. We look forward to your participation.

Submit questions and comments to groundwatersmith@msn.com

More Information:

History Of GWAC

Maps Of Issaquah

Basic Ground Water Hydrology

Glacial History

Thank you for viewing our web page. We hope to expand to include more information about the area as well as current issues concerning groundwater.

We encourage you to learn more about groundwater. Several sources of groundwater information are available through the Issaquah School District, King County Library, City of Issaquah and the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District such as the GWAC sponsored videos Little Drip (for preschool and elementary) and Groundwater: The Flow From Below.

We also recommend the following WEB sites: