Ecology's Exempt Well Policy Impact on Farmworker Housing Development with Dan Haller
Ecology’s Exempt Well Policy Impact on Farmworker Housing Development: Possible Solutions to a Tough Problem, With Dan Haller
In this video, Dan Haller discusses Ecology’s Exempt Well Policy and the impact it has on farmworker housing development at the 2025 Washington Growers League Labor Conference. This video was edited and recorded thanks to Geosyntec Consultants.
About Dan Haller, PE, CWRE:
Dan Haller of Aspect Consulting, a Geosyntec company, is a Senior Principal Water Resources Engineer based in Washington with more than 25 years of experience focused on water rights, water-system and watershed planning, water-system design, and water banking across the western United States.
Public agencies and private partners turn to Dan to convert their water savings into multi-million-dollar assets while meeting both instream and out-of-stream project objectives. With fluency in Washington’s water code and expertise in many other western states, Dan helps clients effectively manage their water-rights portfolios. He has worked on Washington’s largest water banks and water-right transfers in the last 20 years, including for state (Lake Roosevelt, Sullivan Lake), industry (Transalta), county government (Kittitas, Chelan, Spokane), and agriculture clients (Auvil Fruit, Selah-Moxee Irrigation District).
Government agencies, tribes, and private stakeholders trust Dan to apply his technical expertise to facilitate and lead large multidisciplinary watershed planning projects. Key watershed planning and infrastructure projects include the Icicle Strategy (Chelan County), Walla Walla 2050 (Washington), and the Little Spokane Watershed Restoration Plan (Spokane County). Dan is also the regional lead for environmental impact statement development, having led such work for a range of storage, watershed recovery, and private development projects.
Dan is a recognized Washington water rights expert at the forefront of innovation in the state’s water resources arena, advancing multiple initiatives for water-bank formation, water audits, and water auctions. He is a sought-after speaker at law and engineering conferences. Dan shares his knowledge in this growing field by mentoring junior practitioners to support them as they strengthen their technical and consultancy skills.
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