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WA Rev Code § 90.14.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.200 - Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Proceedings under RCW 90.14.130 deemed adjudicative—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings.

RCW 90.14.200 Implementation and enforcement of chapter—Proceedings under RCW 90.14.130 deemed adjudicative—Application of RCW sections to specific proceedings.(1) All matters relating to the implementation and enforcement of this chapter by the department of ecology shall be carried out in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, except where the provisions of this chapter expressly conflict with chapter 34.05 RCW. Proceedings held pursuant to RCW 90.14.130 are adjudicative proceedings within the meaning of chapter 34.05 RCW. Final decisions of the department of ecology in these proceedings are subject to review in accordance with chapter 43.21B RCW.(2) RCW 90.14.130 provides nonexclusive procedures for determining a relinquishment of water rights under RCW 90.14.160, 90.14.170, and 90.14.180. RCW 90.14.160, 90.14.170, and 90.14.180 may be applied in, among other proceedings, general adjudication proceedings initiated under RCW 90.03.110 or 90.44.220: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall apply to litigation involving determinations of the department of ecology under RCW 90.03.290 relating to the impairment of existing rights.[ 1989 c 175 § 180; 1979 ex.s. c 216 § 6; 1967 c 233 § 20.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 216: See notes following RCW 90.03.245.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.210 - Chapter applies to all rights to withdraw groundwaters.

RCW 90.14.210 Chapter applies to all rights to withdraw groundwaters.The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all rights to withdraw groundwaters of the state, whether authorized by chapter 90.44 RCW or otherwise.[ 1967 c 233 § 21.]NOTES:Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.215 - Chapter not applicable to trust water rights under chapter 90.38 or 90.42 RCW.

RCW 90.14.215 Chapter not applicable to trust water rights under chapter 90.38 or 90.42 RCW.This chapter shall not apply to trust water rights held or exercised by the department of ecology under chapter 90.38 or 90.42 RCW.[ 1991 c 347 § 14.]NOTES:Purposes—1991 c 347: See note following RCW 90.42.005.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.220 - No rights to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.

RCW 90.14.220 No rights to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.No rights to the use of surface or ground waters of the state affecting either appropriated or unappropriated waters thereof may be acquired by prescription or adverse use.[ 1967 c 233 § 22.]NOTES:Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.230 - Rules and regulations.

RCW 90.14.230 Rules and regulations.The department of ecology is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.[ 1987 c 109 § 102; 1967 c 233 § 23.]NOTES:Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.240 - Water rights tracking system account.

RCW 90.14.240 Water rights tracking system account.The water rights tracking system account is created in the state treasury. Twenty percent of the fees collected by the department of ecology according to RCW 90.03.470 must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used by the department of ecology for the development, implementation, and management of a water rights tracking system, including a water rights mapping system and a water rights database.[ 2005 c 412 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2005 c 412: See note following RCW 90.03.470.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.900 - Effective date—1967 c 233.

RCW 90.14.900 Effective date—1967 c 233.The effective date of this act is July 1, 1967.[ 1967 c 233 § 25.]NOTES:Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.14.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.14 - Water Rights—Registration—Waiver and Relinquishment, Etc.|90.14.910 - Severability—1967 c 233.

RCW 90.14.910 Severability—1967 c 233.If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the act can be given effect without the invalid provision or application; and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.[ 1967 c 233 § 26.]NOTES:Application to Yakima river basin trust water rights: RCW 90.38.040.
WA Rev Code § 90.16.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.010 - Appropriation by certain water companies.

RCW 90.16.010 Appropriation by certain water companies.Such water companies incorporated for the purposes specified in the preceding section shall have the right to purchase or take possession of and use and hold such lands and waters for the purposes of the company, lying without the limits of the city or town intended to be supplied with water upon making compensation therefor. The mode of proceeding to obtain possession of such lands for the use of the company, right-of-way for laying pipes and aqueducts for the use of the company, when the parties cannot agree shall so far as the same be applicable be as prescribed in chapter 187: PROVIDED, That nothing therein contained, shall be so construed, as to authorize the appropriation of water belonging to any person, unless the owner thereof shall refuse to supply said town or city with water after being requested so to do by the town board or city council.[1883 p 45 § 1, subd. 8; Code 1881 § 2448; 1873 p 408 § 28; 1869 p 340 § 30; RRS § 11570.]NOTES:Reviser's note: The language "for the purposes specified in the preceding section" refers to Code 1881 § 2447 (repealed by 1939 c 143 § 19) which stated in part: ". . . for the purpose of supplying any cities or towns in this territory, or the inhabitants thereof with pure and freshwater."The language "chapter 187" refers to chapter 187 of the Code of 1881 the existing sections of which chapter are codified in chapter 81.36 RCW and RCW 90.16.100; the remaining sections thereof have been repealed.Validating—1881 Act: "All persons who have organized themselves as a corporation under the provisions of this chapter for purposes other than those enumerated in section 2421, are hereby declared incorporate bodies, with all the powers the same as they would enjoy had they been incorporated for the purposes set forth in section 2421." [Code 1881 § 2445.] The language "this chapter" refers to chapter 185, Code of 1881 which embodied the territorial laws relating to the formation of corporations; current provisions relating thereto are codified in Titles 23 and 24 RCW. The language "section 2421" refers to Code 1881 § 2421 which set forth the purposes for which a corporation might then be formed. General purposes for which a corporation may be formed under existing law are codified in Title 23B RCW; see also Table of Prior Laws following Title 23 RCW digest.
WA Rev Code § 90.16.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.020 - Appropriation for industrial purposes.

RCW 90.16.020 Appropriation for industrial purposes.Any person or persons, or company now incorporated, or that may hereafter become incorporated under the laws of this state, for the purpose of mining or manufacturing, shall have the right to purchase or appropriate and take possession of and divert from its natural channel, and use and hold the waters of any river, creek or stream in this state that may be required for the mining and manufacturing purposes of any such person or persons, corporation or corporations, and to construct all dams, canals, reservoirs, ditches, pipes, flumes and aqueducts, suitable and necessary for the controlling, directing and running such waters to their mines or manufacturing establishments of any such person or persons, corporation or corporations, where the same may be intended to be utilized for such purposes: PROVIDED, That no such appropriation or diversion of the waters of any such river, creek, or stream, from its natural channel; nor shall any such dam, canal, reservoir, ditch, pipe, flume or aqueduct, be constructed to the detriment of any person or persons, corporation or corporations, occupying the lands or being located below the point or place of such appropriation or diversion on any such stream or its tributaries, or above or below such dam, canal, reservoir, ditch, pipe, flume or aqueduct, or of the owners of the lands, through which the waters run in the natural course for the deprivation of the same, or the owners of the land through or upon which such dam, canal, reservoirs, ditch, pipe, flume or aqueduct, may pass through or over, or be situated upon, unless just and adequate compensation be previously ascertained and paid therefor.[Code 1881 Bagley's Supp. p 38-39 § 1; 1879 p 124 § 1; RRS § 11575.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.025 - Appropriation for industrial purposes—Procedure.

RCW 90.16.025 Appropriation for industrial purposes—Procedure.The mode of proceeding to appropriate, take possession of and divert such waters and to build such dam, canal, ditch, reservoir, pipe, flume, or aqueduct, as prescribed in RCW 90.16.020, when the parties cannot agree upon the purchase thereof, shall be the same as prescribed in chapter four of an act to provide for the formation of corporations, approved November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, except that the amount of the benefits accruing to the residue of the property of the same individual or corporation, by reason of the use made of that taken, to be estimated by the parties assessing the damages, shall be deducted from the value of the property taken.[Code 1881 Bagley's Supp. p 39 § 2; 1879 p 125 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.030 - Right of eminent domain by water power companies.

RCW 90.16.030 Right of eminent domain by water power companies.The right of eminent domain for the purpose of appropriating real estate is hereby extended to all corporations that are now or that may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state, or of any state or territory of the United States and doing business in this state, for the purpose of conveying water by ditches, flumes, pipe lines, tunnels or any other means for the utilization of water power: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That said right of eminent domain shall not be exercised in respect to any residence or business structure or structures.[ 1901 c 143 § 1; RRS § 11572. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1901 c 143 § 3; RRS § 11574, now codified as RCW 90.16.045.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.040 - Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Right of entry.

RCW 90.16.040 Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Right of entry.Every corporation that is now or that may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state, or of any other state or territory of the United States and doing business in this state, for the purpose of conveying water by ditches, flumes, pipe lines, tunnels or any other means for the utilization of water power, shall have the right to enter upon any land between the termini of the proposed ditches, flumes, pipe lines, tunnels or any other means for the utilization of water power, for the purpose of examining, locating and surveying such ditches, flumes, pipe lines, tunnels or any other means for the utilization of water power, doing no unnecessary damage thereby.[ 1901 c 143 § 2; RRS § 11573.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.045 - Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Procedure.

RCW 90.16.045 Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Procedure.Every such corporation shall have the right, subject to the proviso contained in RCW 90.16.030 to appropriate real estate or other property for a right-of-way for such ditches, flumes, pipe lines, tunnels or other means of conveying water, and for any other corporate purposes, in the same manner and under the same procedure as now is or may be hereafter provided by law in the case of other corporations authorized by the laws of the state to exercise the right of eminent domain.[ 1901 c 143 § 3; RRS § 11574. Formerly RCW 90.16.030, part.]NOTES:Eminent domain by corporations: Chapter 8.20 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 90.16.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.090 - Disposition of fees.

RCW 90.16.090 Disposition of fees.(1) All fees paid under provisions of this chapter, shall be credited by the state treasurer to the reclamation account created in RCW 89.16.020 and subject to legislative appropriation, be allocated and expended by the director of ecology for:(a) Investigations and surveys of natural resources in cooperation with the federal government, or independently thereof, including stream gaging, hydrographic, topographic, river, underground water, mineral and geological surveys; and(b) Expenses associated with staff at the departments of ecology and fish and wildlife working on federal energy regulatory commission relicensing and license implementation.(2) Unless otherwise required by the omnibus biennial appropriations acts, the expenditures for these purposes must be proportional to the revenues collected under RCW 90.16.050(1).[ 2007 c 286 § 2; 1988 c 127 § 79; 1973 c 106 § 39; 1939 c 209 § 1; 1929 c 105 § 3; RRS § 11575-3.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.100 - Appropriation of lands by corporations conveying water.

RCW 90.16.100 Appropriation of lands by corporations conveying water.All corporations, authorized to do business in the state, and who have been, or may hereafter be organized, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining flumes and aqueducts to convey water for consumption or for mining, irrigation, milling or other industrial purposes, shall have the same right to appropriate lands for necessary corporate purposes, and under the same regulations and instructions as are provided for other corporations; and such corporations organized for such purposes, in order to carry out the object of their incorporation, are authorized to take and use any water not otherwise legally appropriated.[Code 1881 § 2472; 1879 p 134 § 1; RRS § 11576.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.110 - Water for use outside state.

RCW 90.16.110 Water for use outside state.Whenever the use of water shall be necessary for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, or in interstate transportation at or for any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village or hamlet situated partly in Washington and partly in an adjoining state or where any city, town, village or hamlet is incorporated on one side of the state line and there are inhabitants living in adjacent and contiguous territory on the other side, it shall be lawful for any person, association or corporation to locate, appropriate, divert and deliver any of the unappropriated public waters of this state necessary for the use of such city, town, village or hamlet and the inhabitants thereof and those residing in and embracing such contiguous territory both within this state and such adjoining state; and locations may be made and authority is hereby granted for such purpose the same as for any other appropriation within the state and a diversion and delivery for such purpose shall have the same force and effect as if made for use wholly within this state and any appropriation, diversion or use heretofore made for such purpose shall be deemed as valid and legal as if made for a use wholly within this state and priority thereof shall date from the appropriation and diversion the same as if it had been made for use wholly within this state.[ 1919 c 41 § 1; RRS § 11577.]
WA Rev Code § 90.16.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.16 - Appropriation of Water for Public and Industrial Purposes.|90.16.120 - Water for use outside state—Reciprocity.

RCW 90.16.120 Water for use outside state—Reciprocity.The provisions of *this act shall not apply to any territory or the inhabitants thereof situated or located in any adjoining state which does not by its laws, usages or legal regulations grant similar or reciprocal rights, privileges and opportunities to this state and its inhabitants and adjacent and contiguous territory whether incorporated or unincorporated as in *this act specified.[ 1919 c 41 § 2; RRS § 11578.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "this act" [1919 c 41], is codified in RCW 90.16.110 and 90.16.120.
WA Rev Code § 90.22.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.010 - Establishment of minimum water flows or levels—Authorized—Purposes.

RCW 90.22.010 Establishment of minimum water flows or levels—Authorized—Purposes.The department of ecology may establish minimum water flows or levels for streams, lakes or other public waters for the purposes of protecting fish, game, birds or other wildlife resources, or recreational or aesthetic values of said public waters whenever it appears to be in the public interest to establish the same. In addition, the department of ecology shall, when requested by the department of fish and wildlife to protect fish, game or other wildlife resources under the jurisdiction of the requesting state agency, or if the department of ecology finds it necessary to preserve water quality, establish such minimum flows or levels as are required to protect the resource or preserve the water quality described in the request or determination. Any request submitted by the department of fish and wildlife shall include a statement setting forth the need for establishing a minimum flow or level. When the department acts to preserve water quality, it shall include a similar statement with the proposed rule filed with the code reviser. This section shall not apply to waters artificially stored in reservoirs, provided that in the granting of storage permits by the department of ecology in the future, full recognition shall be given to downstream minimum flows, if any there may be, which have theretofore been established hereunder.[ 1997 c 32 § 4; 1994 c 264 § 86; 1988 c 47 § 6. Prior: 1987 c 506 § 96; 1987 c 109 § 103; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 3.]NOTES:Application—1988 c 47: See note following RCW 90.54.030.Legislative findings and intent—1987 c 506: See note following RCW 77.04.020.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 § 90.22.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.020 - Establishment of minimum water flows or levels—Hearings—Notice—Rules.

RCW 90.22.020 Establishment of minimum water flows or levels—Hearings—Notice—Rules.Flows or levels authorized for establishment under RCW 90.22.010, or subsequent modification thereof by the department shall be provided for through the adoption of rules. Before the establishment or modification of a water flow or level for any stream or lake or other public water, the department shall hold a public hearing in the county in which the stream, lake, or other public water is located. If it is located in more than one county the department shall determine the location or locations therein and the number of hearings to be conducted. Notice of the hearings shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the stream, lake, or other public waters is located, once a week for two consecutive weeks before the hearing. The notice shall include the following:(1) The name of each stream, lake, or other water source under consideration;(2) The place and time of the hearing;(3) A statement that any person, including any private citizen or public official, may present his or her views either orally or in writing.Notice of the hearing shall also be served upon the administrators of the departments of social and health services, natural resources, fish and wildlife, and transportation.[ 1994 c 264 § 87; 1987 c 506 § 97; 1985 c 196 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 384; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 4.]NOTES:Legislative findings and intent—1987 c 506: See note following RCW 77.04.020.Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
WA Rev Code § 90.22.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.22 - Minimum Water Flows and Levels.|90.22.030 - Existing water and storage rights—Right to divert or store water.

RCW 90.22.030 Existing water and storage rights—Right to divert or store water.The establishment of levels and flows pursuant to RCW 90.22.010 shall in no way affect existing water and storage rights and the use thereof, including but not limited to rights relating to the operation of any hydroelectric or water storage reservoir or related facility. No right to divert or store public waters shall be granted by the department of ecology which shall conflict with regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 90.22.010 and 90.22.020 establishing flows or levels. All regulations establishing flows or levels shall be filed in a "Minimum Water Level and Flow Register" of the department of ecology.[ 1988 c 127 § 81; 1969 ex.s. c 284 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.