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WA Rev Code § 90.22.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.040 - Stockwatering requirements.

RCW 90.22.040 Stockwatering requirements.It shall be the policy of the state, and the department of ecology shall be so guided in the implementation of RCW 90.22.010 and 90.22.020, to retain sufficient minimum flows or levels in streams, lakes or other public waters to provide adequate waters in such water sources to satisfy stockwatering requirements for stock on riparian grazing lands which drink directly therefrom where such retention shall not result in an unconscionable waste of public waters. The policy hereof shall not apply to stockwatering relating to feed lots and other activities which are not related to normal stockgrazing land uses.[ 1987 c 109 § 104; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 6.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.22.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.050 - Civil penalties.

RCW 90.22.050 Civil penalties.See RCW 90.03.600.
WA Rev Code § 90.22.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.060 - Instream flow evaluations—Statewide list of priorities—Salmon impact.

RCW 90.22.060 Instream flow evaluations—Statewide list of priorities—Salmon impact.By December 31, 1993, the department of ecology shall, in cooperation with the Indian tribes, and the department of fish and wildlife, establish a statewide list of priorities for evaluation of instream flows. In establishing these priorities, the department shall consider the achievement of wild salmonid production as its primary goal.[ 1998 c 245 § 172; 1993 sp.s. c 4 § 13.]NOTES:Findings—Grazing lands—1993 sp.s. c 4: See RCW 79.13.600.
WA Rev Code § 90.24.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.010 - Petition to regulate flow—Order—Exceptions.

RCW 90.24.010 Petition to regulate flow—Order—Exceptions.Ten or more owners of real property abutting on a lake may petition the superior court of the county in which the lake is situated, for an order to provide for the regulation of the outflow of the lake in order to maintain a certain water level therein. If there are fewer than ten owners, a majority of the owners abutting on a lake may petition the superior court for such an order. The court, after notice to the department of fish and wildlife and a hearing, is authorized to make an order fixing the water level thereof and directing the department of ecology to regulate the outflow therefrom in accordance with the purposes described in the petition. This section shall not apply to any lake or reservoir used for the storage of water for irrigation or other beneficial purposes, or to lakes navigable from the sea.[ 1999 c 162 § 1; 1985 c 398 § 28; 1959 c 258 § 1; 1939 c 107 § 2; RRS § 7388-1.]NOTES:Effective date—1985 c 398: "Sections 28 through 30 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1986." [ 1985 c 398 § 31.]Lake and beach management districts: Chapter 36.61 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 90.24.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.020 - Contents of petition.

RCW 90.24.020 Contents of petition.Such petition shall contain a complete description of the property surrounding said lake with the number of front feet contained in each tract with the name of the owner thereof and his or her address together with a brief statement of the reasons and necessity for such application; that the level sought to be established will in no wise interfere with the navigability of said lake or in any manner affect or interfere with fish or game fish which may be then contained or may thereafter be deposited in said lake, but that in order to protect fish or game fish in said lake the construction of fish ladders or other devices may be required to conserve and protect such fish or game fish, then in that event the property owners to be benefited by the establishment of said water level in such lake shall be required to pay the cost thereof, in proportion to lineal feet of water front owned by each.[ 2013 c 23 § 609; 1939 c 107 § 3; RRS § 7388-2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.24.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.030 - Title of petition—Service of petition and order—Notice.

RCW 90.24.030 Title of petition—Service of petition and order—Notice.The petition shall be entitled "In the matter of fixing the level of Lake . . . . . . in . . . . . . county, Washington", and shall be filed with the clerk of the court and a copy thereof, together with a copy of the order fixing the time for hearing the petition, shall be served on each owner of property abutting on the lake, not less than ten days before the hearing. Like copies shall also be served upon the director of fish and wildlife and the director of ecology. The copy of the petition and of the order fixing time for hearing shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions, or in such other manner as may be prescribed by order of the court. For the benefit of every riparian owner abutting on a stream or river flowing from such lake, a copy of the notice of hearing shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks before the time set for hearing in a newspaper in each county or counties wherein located, said notice to contain a brief statement of the reasons and necessity for such application.[ 1994 c 264 § 88; 1988 c 36 § 67; 1987 c 109 § 105; 1963 c 243 § 1; 1959 c 258 § 2; 1947 c 210 § 1; 1939 c 107 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7388-3.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.
WA Rev Code § 90.24.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.040 - Hearing on petition—Order—Continuing jurisdiction.

RCW 90.24.040 Hearing on petition—Order—Continuing jurisdiction.At the hearing evidence shall be introduced in support of the petition and all interested parties may be heard for or against it. The court shall make findings and conclusions and enter an order granting or refusing the petition, and if the petition is granted, shall fix the water level to be maintained and direct the department of ecology to regulate and control the outflow of the lake so as to properly maintain the water level so far as practicable within maximum and minimum limits when the proper control devices are installed: PROVIDED, That the court shall have continuing jurisdiction after a petition is once granted and shall, upon subsequent petition filed and heard in accordance with the preceding sections, make such further findings and conclusions and enter such further orders as are necessary to accomplish fully the objectives sought in the initial petition: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That shall the court find any such riparian owners abutting on a stream or river flowing from such lake be adversely affected in any way by the granting of such a petition, such petition shall be refused.[ 1985 c 398 § 29; 1959 c 258 § 3; 1939 c 107 § 5; RRS § 7388-4.]NOTES:Effective date—1985 c 398: See note following RCW 90.24.010.
WA Rev Code § 90.24.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.050 - Devices to protect the fish—Cost—Special fund.

RCW 90.24.050 Devices to protect the fish—Cost—Special fund.In the event the court shall find that to protect fish and game fish in said lake that fish ladders or other devices should be constructed therein or that other construction shall be necessary in order to maintain the determined lake level, the court shall find the proper device to be constructed, the probable cost thereof and by its order and judgment shall apportion the cost thereof among the persons whose property abuts on said lake in proportion to the lineal feet of waterfront owned by each, which sum so found shall constitute a lien against said real property and shall be paid to the county treasurer and by him or her placed in a special fund to be known as "Lake . . . . . . Improvement Fund." The director of ecology shall appoint a suitable person to be compensated by the property owners to regulate the determined level as decreed by the court.[ 2013 c 23 § 610; 1988 c 127 § 82; 1939 c 107 § 6; RRS § 7388-5.]
WA Rev Code § 90.24.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.060 - Installation of devices.

RCW 90.24.060 Installation of devices.Such improvement or device in said lake for the protection of the fish and game fish therein shall be installed by and under the direction of the board of county commissioners of said county with the approval of the respective directors of the department of fish and wildlife and the department of ecology of the state of Washington and paid for out of the special fund provided for in RCW 90.24.050.[ 1994 c 264 § 89; 1988 c 36 § 68; 1987 c 109 § 106. Prior: 1939 c 107 § 7; RRS § 7388-6.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.
WA Rev Code § 90.24.066 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.066 - Jurisdiction over weed control.

RCW 90.24.066 Jurisdiction over weed control.A superior court may continue its jurisdiction over weed control in those lakes that had been under the court's jurisdiction for such purposes prior to July 28, 1985. The continuing jurisdiction of a superior court for such weed control purposes shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 90.24 RCW in the same manner as the continuing jurisdiction of a superior court over the maintenance of lake water levels.The superior court shall hold hearings under RCW 90.24.040 whenever subsequent petitions are filed with it concerning weed control on a lake over which it has continuing jurisdiction for weed control purposes. If the court finds that the weed control proposals are in the best interests of the abutting property owners, it shall determine what measures should be taken to accomplish these objectives, the probable annual cost thereof, and by its order apportion the cost among the persons whose property abuts on the lake in proportion to the lineal feet of waterfront owned by each, which sum shall constitute a lien against the real property. Payments of these sums shall be made to the county treasurer who shall place these payments into a special fund to be known as "Lake . . . . . . weed removal fund." The court shall appoint a suitable person, to be compensated by the property owners, to undertake weed control activities as decreed by the court.[ 1988 c 133 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 90.24.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.24 - Regulation of Outflow of Lakes.|90.24.070 - Appellate review.

RCW 90.24.070 Appellate review.Any person aggrieved by the order of judgment of the superior court may seek appellate review in the same manner as in other civil actions.[ 1988 c 202 § 93; 1971 c 81 § 177; 1939 c 107 § 8; RRS § 7388-7.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 90.28.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.28 - Miscellaneous Rights and Duties.|90.28.020 - Right to back and hold waters over roads, streets, and alleys—Relocation—Acquisition of rights—Abandonment.

RCW 90.28.020 Right to back and hold waters over roads, streets, and alleys—Relocation—Acquisition of rights—Abandonment.It shall be the duty of the department of transportation, if the road to be affected shall be a state highway, or of the county legislative authority of the county in which such road is located, if the road to be affected shall be a county road, or permanent highway, or of the council of any town in which the road is located, if the road to be affected shall be a street or alley, within thirty days after entry of said order or decree of public use and the filing of the bond mentioned in RCW 90.28.010, to enter an appropriate order or resolution directing the relocation and reestablishment and completion forthwith of such highway, road, street or alley in place of that so to be overflowed or inundated, and promptly thereafter to acquire all property and rights-of-way necessary therefor, instituting and diligently prosecuting such condemnation suits as may be necessary in order to secure such property and rights-of-way. The decision of the committee, board or council as to relocation and reestablishment set forth in such order or resolution shall be final and conclusive as to all matters and things set forth therein, including the question of public use and necessity in any and all condemnation suits to be brought under RCW 90.28.010 and 90.28.020. After the reestablishment and relocation of any such highway, road, street or alley and the construction and opening thereof in its entirety to public travel and the signing of the grant authorized in RCW 90.28.010, the state highway, county road or permanent highway, street or alley or such part thereof described in said grant shall be deemed to be abandoned and thereafter cease to be a highway, road, street or alley.[ 1994 c 81 § 88; 1927 c 202 § 2; RRS § 7354-2.]NOTES:Eminent domain by corporations: Chapter 8.20 RCW.Private ways of necessity: Chapter 8.24 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 90.28.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.28 - Miscellaneous Rights and Duties.|90.28.040 - Limitation on number of irrigation ditches across land.

RCW 90.28.040 Limitation on number of irrigation ditches across land.No tract or parcel of improved or occupied land in this state shall, without the written consent of the owner thereof, be subjected to the burden of two or more irrigating ditches constructed for the purpose of conveying water through said property to lands adjoining or beyond the same, when the same object can feasibly and practicably be attained by uniting and conveying all the water necessary to be conveyed through such property in one ditch.[ 1890 p 717 § 39; RRS § 7401.]
WA Rev Code § 90.28.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.28 - Miscellaneous Rights and Duties.|90.28.160 - Fencing across streams.

RCW 90.28.160 Fencing across streams.Owners of land or their agents shall have the right to fence across all unmeandered streams at any time when such streams are not used for a public highway, or by making a fence that will not be an obstruction.[ 1891 c 120 § 3; no RRS.]
WA Rev Code § 90.28.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.28 - Miscellaneous Rights and Duties.|90.28.170 - Dams across streams.

RCW 90.28.170 Dams across streams.There is hereby granted to persons, firms and corporations organized among other things, for irrigation and power purposes, the right to construct and maintain dams and works incident thereto over, upon and across the beds of the rivers of the state of Washington in connection with such power and irrigation purposes, and there is hereby granted to such persons, firms and corporations an easement over, upon and across the beds of such rivers for such purposes. Such easement shall be limited however, to so much of the beds of such rivers as may be reasonably convenient and necessary for such uses. All such dams and works shall be completed within five years after the commencement of construction work upon the same. The rights and privileges granted by this section shall inure to the benefit of such persons, firms or corporations from the date of the commencement of construction work upon such dams and works incident thereto, and such construction work shall be diligently prosecuted to completion, and the rights, privileges and easements granted by this section shall continue so long as the same shall be utilized by the grantees for the purposes herein specified, and the failure to maintain and use such dams and works after the same shall have been constructed, for a continuous period of two years, shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights hereby granted and the same shall revert to the state of Washington: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall be construed in such a way as to interfere with the use of said rivers for navigation purposes, and all of such rights, privileges and easements granted hereby shall be subject to the paramount control of such rivers for navigation purposes by the United States: AND, PROVIDED FURTHER, That the use and enjoyment of the grants and privileges of this section shall not interfere with the lawful and rightful diversion of the waters of said rivers by other parties under water appropriations in existence at the time any such persons, firms or corporations shall avail themselves of the benefits and privileges of this section, but no such persons, firms or corporations shall have any right to construct any such dams or works over, upon or across the land between ordinary high water and extreme low water of any river of this state without first having acquired the right to do so from the owner or owners of the lands adjoining the land between ordinary high water and extreme low water over or across which said dam or works are constructed.[ 1911 c 95 § 1; RRS § 7416.]NOTES:Reviser's note: For later enactment, see chapter 90.03 RCW.Height of dams on tributaries of Columbia river: Chapter 77.55 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 90.36.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.36 - Artesian Wells.|90.36.010 - Right-of-way to wells.

RCW 90.36.010 Right-of-way to wells.Any person who may be entitled to water from any artesian well shall have the right to condemn the right-of-way for a ditch to convey such water for the purpose of irrigation over the lands intervening between such well and the place where the party owning such water wishes to use the same, and such right-of-way may be condemned sufficient for the purposes of conveying the water, together with the right of ingress and egress, to construct, maintain and repair said ditch, *as is hereinafter provided for in this act.[ 1890 p 711 § 18; RRS § 7403.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The language "as is hereinafter provided for in this act" refers to 1889-90 pp 706-728 §§ 1-67 which has since been repealed with the exception of those sections now codified as RCW 90.28.030 and 90.28.040. Compare the provisions of later enactment in chapter 90.03 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 90.36.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.36 - Artesian Wells.|90.36.020 - Flow limited during certain period—Exceptions.

RCW 90.36.020 Flow limited during certain period—Exceptions.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or company having possession or control of any artesian well within the state, whether as contractor, owner, lessee, agent or manager, to allow or permit water to flow or escape from such well between the fifteenth day of October in any year and the fifteenth day of March next ensuing; PROVIDED, That *this act shall only apply to sections and communities wherein the use of water for the purpose of irrigation is necessary or customary; and PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing herein contained shall prevent or prohibit the use of water from any such well between said fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of March next ensuing, for household, stock and domestic purposes only, water for said last named purposes to be taken from such well through a three-quarters inch stop and waste cock to be inserted in the piping of such well for that purpose.[ 1929 c 138 § 1; 1901 c 121 § 1; RRS § 7404.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "this act" refers to 1901 c 121 codified in RCW 90.36.020 through 90.36.050.
WA Rev Code § 90.36.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.36 - Artesian Wells.|90.36.030 - Capping well—Exceptions.

RCW 90.36.030 Capping well—Exceptions.It shall be the duty of every person, firm, corporation or company having possession or control of any artesian well, as provided in RCW 90.36.020, to securely cap the same over on or before the fifteenth day of October in each and every year in such manner as to prevent the flow or escape of water therefrom, and to keep the same securely capped and prevent the flow or escape of water therefrom until the fifteenth day of March next ensuing; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, It shall and may be lawful for any such person, firm, corporation or company to insert a three-quarters inch stop and waste cock in the piping of such well, and to take and use water therefrom through such stop and waste cock at any time for household, stock, or domestic purposes, but not otherwise.[ 1929 c 138 § 2; 1901 c 121 § 2; RRS § 7405.]
WA Rev Code § 90.36.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.36 - Artesian Wells.|90.36.040 - Right of neighboring owner to cap well—Lien.

RCW 90.36.040 Right of neighboring owner to cap well—Lien.Whenever any person, firm, corporation or company in possession or control of an artesian well shall fail to comply with the provisions of *this act, any person, firm, corporation or company lawfully in the possession of land situate adjacent to or in the vicinity or neighborhood of such well and within five miles thereof may enter upon the land upon which such well is situate, and take possession of such from which water is allowed to flow or escape in violation of the provisions of RCW 90.36.020, and cap such well and shut in and secure the flow or escape of water therefrom, and the necessary expenses incurred in so doing shall constitute a lien upon said well, and a sufficient quantity of land surrounding the same for the convenient use and operation thereof, which lien may be foreclosed in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the court in any such case shall allow the plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee to be taxed as a part of the cost. This shall be in addition to the penalty provided for in RCW 90.36.050.[ 1901 c 121 § 4; RRS § 7407.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "this act," see note following RCW 90.36.020.
WA Rev Code § 90.36.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.36 - Artesian Wells.|90.36.050 - Penalty—1901 c 121.

RCW 90.36.050 Penalty—1901 c 121.Any person whether as owner, lessee, agent or manager having possession or control of any such well, violating the provisions of *this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars for each and every such offense, and the further sum of two hundred dollars for each ten days during which such violation shall continue.[ 1901 c 121 § 3; RRS § 7406.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "this act," see note following RCW 90.36.020.