Source: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=90.90&full=true
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 17:59:26
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Chapter 90.90 RCW: COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN WATER SUPPLY
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Chapter 90.90 RCW
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN WATER SUPPLY
90.90.005 Finding.
90.90.010 Columbia river basin water supply development account—Use for storage facilities and access to water supplies—Evaluation—Public comment—Use of net water savings—Water service contracts.
90.90.020 Allocation and development of water supplies.
90.90.030 Voluntary regional agreements—Scope and application—Definitions.
90.90.040 Columbia river water supply inventory—Long-term water supply and demand forecast.
90.90.050 Columbia river mainstem water resources information system.
90.90.060 Additional releases of water from Lake Roosevelt.
90.90.070 Columbia river water delivery account—Creation—Distribution.
90.90.080 Impacts of water release—Department of ecology's duties.
90.90.090 Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account—Water service contracts.
90.90.100 Columbia river basin water supply revenue recovery account—Water service contracts.
90.90.110 Use of certain water made available through reoperation of Sullivan lake.
90.90.900 Effective date—2006 c 6.
90.90.005
(1) The legislature finds that a key priority of water resource management in the Columbia river basin is the development of new water supplies that includes storage and conservation in order to meet the economic and community development needs of people and the instream flow needs of fish.
(2) The legislature therefore declares that a Columbia river basin water supply development program is needed, and directs the department of ecology to aggressively pursue the development of water supplies to benefit both instream and out-of-stream uses.
[ 2006 c 6 § 1.]
90.90.010
Columbia river basin water supply development account—Use for storage facilities and access to water supplies—Evaluation—Public comment—Use of net water savings—Water service contracts.
(1) The Columbia river basin water supply development account is created in the state treasury. The account may receive direct appropriations from the legislature, receipts of any funds pursuant to RCW 90.90.020 and 90.90.030, or funds from any other sources. The account is intended to fund projects using tax exempt bonds.
[ 2011 c 83 § 1; 2006 c 6 § 2.]
90.90.020
90.90.030
90.90.040
Columbia river water supply inventory—Long-term water supply and demand forecast.
(1) To support the development of new water supplies in the Columbia river and to protect instream flow, the department of ecology shall work with all interested parties, including interested county legislative authorities and watershed planning groups in the Columbia river basin, and affected tribal governments, to develop a Columbia river water supply inventory and a long-term water supply and demand forecast. The inventory must include:
(a) A list of conservation projects that have been implemented under this chapter and the amount of water conservation they have achieved; and
(b) A list of potential water supply and storage projects in the Columbia river basin, including estimates of:
(i) Cost per acre-foot;
(ii) Benefit to fish and other instream needs;
(iii) Benefit to out-of-stream needs; and
(iv) Environmental and cultural impacts.
(2) The department of ecology shall complete the first Columbia river water supply inventory by November 15, 2006, and shall update the inventory annually thereafter.
(3) The department of ecology shall complete the first Columbia river long-term water supply and demand forecast by November 15, 2006, and shall update the report every five years thereafter.
[ 2011 c 83 § 6; 2006 c 6 § 5.]
90.90.050
90.90.060
90.90.070
90.90.080
Impacts of water release—Department of ecology's duties.
(1) Because the potential impacts of water releases under agreements reached under this chapter on affected counties are unknown, the department of ecology shall, by November 15, 2009:
(a) Conduct an assessment of the potential impacts, including recommendations for mitigation, and report to [the] appropriate committees of the legislature; and
(b) Establish a process for identifying and reporting on future impacts on the affected counties, and for making recommendations for mitigation.
(2) Within the framework of Columbia river basin water resources management under this chapter, the department of ecology shall:
(a) Provide technical assistance to help affected counties identify and develop competitive project applications to benefit both instream and out-of-stream uses;
(b) Assist affected counties in exploring options to ensure water resources are available for their current and future needs. Such options include pursuing a memorandum of understanding with the affected counties that is consistent with RCW 90.90.005 to effectuate the purposes of this section. The memorandum of understanding shall be available for public comment for a period of thirty days before being signed by the department; and
(c) Consider regional equity when making funding decisions on water supply applications.
(3) As used in this section, "affected counties" means those counties east of the crest of the Cascade mountains with an international border, or those counties east of the crest of the Cascade mountains that border both a county with an international border and a county with four hundred thousand or more residents.
[ 2008 c 82 § 3.]
90.90.090
Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account—Water service contracts.
(1) The Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from direct appropriations from the legislature, moneys directed to the account pursuant to RCW 90.90.020 and 90.90.030, or moneys directed to the account from any other sources must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The account is intended to fund projects using taxable bonds. Expenditures from the account may be used only as provided in this section.
(2)(a) Expenditures from the Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account may be used to assess, plan, and develop new storage, improve or alter operations of existing storage facilities, implement conservation projects, develop pump exchanges, or any other actions designed to provide access to new water supplies within the Columbia river basin for both instream and out-of-stream uses. Except for the development of new storage projects and pump exchanges, there may be no expenditures from the account for water acquisition or transfers from one water resource inventory area to another without specific legislative authority. For the purposes of this section, the term "pump exchanges" means water supply development projects that exchange water from one source to another or relocate an existing diversion downstream, with resulting instream benefit.
[ 2011 c 83 § 2.]
90.90.100
90.90.110
Use of certain water made available through reoperation of Sullivan lake.
Two-thirds of the water made available through reoperation of Sullivan lake funded from the Columbia river basin water supply development account created in RCW 90.90.010 must be used to supply or offset out-of-stream uses described in RCW 90.90.020(3) in Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties. At least one-half of this quantity must be made available for municipal, domestic, and industrial uses.
[ 2011 c 83 § 5.]
90.90.900
Effective date—2006 c 6.
[ 2006 c 6 § 10.]