This chapter regulating and controlling groundwaters of the state of Washington shall be supplemental to chapter 90.03 RCW, which regulates the surface waters of the state, and is enacted for the purpose of extending the application of such surface water statutes to the appropriation and beneficial use of groundwaters within the state.
RCW 90.44.020
Purpose of chapter.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn (2002)
Most recently applied in Mike Hamilton, V Pollution Control Hrgs Bd (September 2018)
1945 c 263 s 1; Rem
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