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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 90.44.040: Public ground waters subject to appropriation.

    Subject to existing rights, all natural ground waters of the state as defined in RCW 90.44.035, also all artificial ground waters that have been abandoned or forfeited, are hereby declared to be public ground waters and to belong to the public and to be subject to appropriation for beneficial use under the terms of this chapter and not otherwise.

    [1945 c 263 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7400-4.]

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