Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-546 - Water resources management program - Entiat River basin water resource inventory area (WRIA) 46 › Section 173-546-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				shall be used:
(1)
"Allocation"
means the designation of specific amounts of water
			 for specific beneficial uses.
(2)
"Appropriation"
means the process of legally acquiring the right
			 to specific amounts of water for beneficial uses, as consistent with the
			 requirements of the ground and surface water codes and other applicable water
			 resource statutes.
(3)
"Beneficial uses"
means uses of water for domestic, stock
			 watering, industrial, commercial, agricultural, irrigation, hydroelectric power
			 production, mining, fish and wildlife maintenance and enhancement,
			 recreational, thermal power production, and preservation of environmental and
			 aesthetic values, and all other uses compatible with the enjoyment of the
			 public waters of the state.
(4)
"Commercial agriculture"
means uses related to commercial orchards
			 and vineyards, and commercial livestock and farming operations.
(5)
"Commercial/light
			 industrial"
means a water supply for use by small businesses and
			 commercial users. It also refers to the "value added" uses associated with
			 agriculture, as defined by the Chelan County Code, Ch. 11.04.010, or any
			 subsequent amendments. A "value added operation" means any activity or process
			 that allows farmers to retain ownership and that alters the original
			 agricultural product or commodity for the purpose of gaining a marketing
			 advantage.
(6)
"Consumptive
			 use"
means a use of water that reduces the amount of water in the water
			 source.
(7)
"Department"
means the Washington state department of
			 ecology.
(8)
"Domestic water
			 use"
means, for the purposes of this chapter, use of water associated
			 with human health and welfare requirements, including water used for drinking,
			 bathing, sanitary purposes, cooking, laundering, irrigation of not over
			 one-half acre of lawn or garden per dwelling, and other incidental household
			 uses. Stock watering is also included in this category. Stock watering uses
			 must be consistent with the Chelan County Code, Section
			 11.88.030 or any subsequent
			 amendments. It does not apply to feed lots and other activities which are not
			 related to normal grazing land uses.
(9)
"Existing water right"
includes perfected riparian rights, federal Indian and non-Indian reserved
			 rights or other appropriative rights.
(10)
"Hydraulic continuity"
means the interrelation between groundwater (water beneath land surfaces or
			 surface water bodies) and surface water (water above ground, such as lakes and
			 streams).
(11)
"Instream
			 flow"
as used in this chapter, has the same meaning as a minimum
			 instream flow under chapter 90.82 RCW, a base flow under
			 chapter
			 90.54 RCW, a minimum flow
			 under chapter 90.03
			 or 90.22 RCW and an administrative flow in the Entiat watershed plan.
(12)
"Nonconsumptive use"
means
			 a use of water that does not reduce the amount of water in the water
			 source.
(13)
"Plan"
or
"watershed plan"
means the Entiat water resource inventory area
			 (WRIA) management plan, approved by the Entiat WRIA planning unit on May 17,
			 2004, and by the Chelan County commissioners on September 13, 2004.
(14)
"Planning unit"
means the
			 Entiat water resource inventory area (WRIA) planning unit (EWPU), or a
			 successor which is mutually agreed upon by the EWPU. The planning unit was
			 established in 1998 in accordance with chapter 90.82 RCW, Watershed Planning
			 Act. The EWPU presently consists of the landowner steering committee, the
			 Yakama Nation, a technical assistance group, and other interested
			 stakeholders.
(15)
"Public
			 water system"
means any system providing water for human consumption
			 through pipes or other constructed conveyances, excluding a system serving only
			 one single-family residence or a system with four or fewer connections all of
			 which serve residences on the same farm. (Consistent with WAC
			 246-290-020; any subsequent
			 amendments to WAC
			 246-290-020 will be incorporated
			 by reference.)
(16)
"Reservation"
means an allocation of water set aside for future
			 domestic, stock watering, agricultural, commercial and industrial beneficial
			 uses. For the purposes of this chapter, the priority date of the reservation is
			 senior to the instream flows set in WAC
			 173-546-050. "Reservation" is the
			 same as "reserved water" in the Entiat WRIA management plan.
(17)
"Stream management unit"
means a stream segment, reach, or tributary used to describe the part of the
			 relevant stream to which a particular use, action, instream flow level or
			 reserve of water applies. Each of these units contains a control station. A map
			 of the control points is included in this chapter (WAC
			 173-546-150).
(18)
"Withdrawal"
means the
			 appropriation or use of groundwater or surface water.
(19)
"WRIA"
means water resource
			 inventory area. This term can be used interchangeably with "basin" and
			 "watershed."
Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.27A,
				  90.54, 90.22, and 90.82 RCW.
				  05-16-114 (Order 04-11), § 173-546-030, filed 8/3/05, effective
				  9/3/05.