2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 90.44.510: Superseding water right permit or certificate — Water delivered from federal Columbia basin project.

The department shall issue a superseding water right permit or certificate for a ground water right where the source of water is an aquifer for which the department adopts rules establishing a ground water management subarea and water from the federal Columbia basin project is delivered for use by a person who holds such a ground water right. The superseding water right permit or certificate shall designate that portion of the ground water right that is replaced by water from the federal Columbia basin project as a standby or reserve right that may be used when water delivered by the federal project is curtailed or otherwise not available. The period of curtailment or unavailability shall be deemed a low flow period under RCW 90.14.140(2)(b). The total number of acres irrigated by the person under the ground water right and through the use of water delivered from the federal project must not exceed the quantity of water used and number of acres irrigated under the person's water right permit or certificate for the use of water from the aquifer.

[2004 c 195 § 3.]