RCW 90.14.031

Definitions.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 128 Wash. 2d 508 - Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology (1996)

Most recently applied in Crown West Realty, LLC v. Pollution Control Hearings Bd. (February 2019)

1969 ex.s. c 284 s 12.

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Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as used in RCW 90.14.031 through 90.14.121 shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, city or other municipality, county, or a state agency, and the United States of America when claiming water rights established under the laws of the state of Washington.

(2) "Beneficial use" shall include, but not be limited to, use for domestic water, irrigation, fish, shellfish, game and other aquatic life, municipal, recreation, industrial water, generation of electric power, and navigation.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.