Ag Water Board
of Whatcom County
Water Right Adjudication in the Nooksack Basin
The Ag Water Board is conducting an educational campaign for both farmers and the larger community to help understand the proposed Water Rights Adjudication in the Nooksack Basin.
AWB has been making it clear that an adjudication would be ruinous for Whatcom’s ag community. The following documents outline our position and why we feel so passionately about this. We will continue to do what we can to halt the adjudication but also provide farmers with resources they will need should an adjudication be filed in 2023.
Whatcom Family Farmers, the Ag Water Board, and the Whatcom Conservation District have cooperated on the development of an interactive, web based, educational tool that provides timely information and a historic perspective of our local farm economy. Click here to explore the story map of our ag community.
The Bertrand, Drayton, Laurel, North Lynden, South Lynden, and Sumas Watershed Improvement Districts (“WIDs”) have joined together to establish the AG Water Board of Whatcom County (AWB). Find out more about the individivual WIDs and current projects be clicking the links below.
Bertrand WID
Laurel WID
Drayton WID
South Lynden WID
North Lynden WID
Sumas WID