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2023 Revised Code of Washington
Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment
Chapter 90.44 - Regulation of Public Groundwaters.
- 90.44.020 - Purpose of chapter.
- 90.44.030 - Chapter not to affect surface water rights.
- 90.44.035 - Definitions.
- 90.44.040 - Public groundwaters subject to appropriation.
- 90.44.050 - Permit to withdraw.
- 90.44.052 - Whitman county clustered residential developments pilot project—Exemption from permit requirements.
- 90.44.055 - Applications for water right or amendment—Consideration of water impoundment or other resource management technique.
- 90.44.060 - Laws governing withdrawal.
- 90.44.062 - Use of reclaimed water by wastewater treatment facility—Permit requirements inapplicable.
- 90.44.070 - Limitations on granting permit.
- 90.44.080 - Certificate—Showing required.
- 90.44.090 - Certificate of vested rights.
- 90.44.100 - Amendment to permit or certificate—Replacement or new additional wells—Exemption for small irrigation impoundments.
- 90.44.105 - Amendment to permit or certificate—Consolidation of rights for exempt wells.
- 90.44.110 - Waste of water prohibited—Exceptions.
- 90.44.120 - Penalty for waste or unauthorized use of water.
- 90.44.130 - Priorities as between appropriators—Department in charge of groundwater withdrawals—Establishment and modification of groundwater areas and depth zones—Declarations by claimant of artificially stored water.
- 90.44.180 - Hearing to adjust supply to current needs.
- 90.44.200 - Water supervisors—Duties—Compensation.
- 90.44.220 - Petition to conduct an adjudication to determine rights to water.
- 90.44.230 - Effect of findings and judgment.
- 90.44.250 - Investigations—Reports of appropriators.
- 90.44.400 - Groundwater management areas—Purpose—Standards—Identification—Designation.
- 90.44.410 - Requirements for groundwater management programs—Review of programs.
- 90.44.420 - Groundwater management programs—Consideration by department of ecology—Public hearing—Findings—Adoption of regulations, ordinances, and programs.
- 90.44.430 - Groundwater management programs—Guidance to local governments and certain departments.
- 90.44.440 - Existing rights not affected.
- 90.44.445 - Acreage expansion program—Authorization—Certification.
- 90.44.450 - Metering or measuring groundwater withdrawals—Reports.
- 90.44.460 - Reservoir permits.
- 90.44.500 - Civil penalties.
- 90.44.510 - Superseding water right permit or certificate—Water delivered from federal Columbia Basin project.
- 90.44.530 - Applications to appropriate groundwater under a cost-reimbursement agreement.
- 90.44.540 - Expedited processing of applications—Notification—Fees.
- 90.44.550 - Odessa groundwater subarea—Nonuse of a water right—Notice to the department—Conditions.
NOTES:
Aquifer protection areas: Chapter 36.36 RCW.
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