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