Welcome to *my* world folks. I deal with the compliance of municipal regulation in the development of land 9-hours a day, year in year out. Here's my take. The measures are largely just political posturing on behalf of the those in charge. The stormwater regulations pertaining to allowable post-development run-off rates (even in rural areas) that were already in place in King County ensure those rates are equal to or less than the pre-developed rates, meaning detention and metering of stormwater must be done when land is developed. It's been that way since the Dept. of Ecology's Stormwater Management Manual for the Puget Sound Basin became the mother document for municipal regulation years ago. Treatment of post-development run-off prior to discharge has also been required.

The endangered salmon that migrate through the Puget Sound and spawn in local rivers don't know how many houses there are or what the percent impervious is on the land. If they want to protect salmon, they need to go where there are piles of dead salmon. They need to get the nets out. Until the *real* issue is addressed, they could prohibit any future development and salmon runs will still contine to decline. However, since they are unwilling to tackle that political "hot potato," they will keep putting band-aids on broken legs until salmon are extinct.

How do I cope? One sip at a time. It's only through a crippling addiction to alcohol that I am able to get up and go to work every day.