90.94.030 – Authorization for new domestic groundwater withdrawals exempt from permitting with a potential impact on a closed water body and potential impairment to an instream flow—Requirements—Watershed restoration and enhancement committees—Watershed restoration and enhancement plan—Fees—Adoption of rules—Application of section.
RCW 90.94.030 Authorization for new domestic groundwater withdrawals exempt from permitting with a potential impact on a closed water body and potential impairment to an instream flow—Requirements—Watershed restoration and enhancement committees—Watershed restoration and enhancement plan—Fees—Adoption of rules—Application of section. (1) Unless requirements are otherwise specified in the applicable rules adopted under this chapter or chapter […]
90.94.040 – Pilot projects to measure water use from all new groundwater withdrawals for domestic purposes exempt from permitting—Areas—Report to the legislature.
RCW 90.94.040 Pilot projects to measure water use from all new groundwater withdrawals for domestic purposes exempt from permitting—Areas—Report to the legislature. (1) The department shall initiate two pilot projects to measure water use from all new groundwater withdrawals for domestic purposes exempt from permitting under RCW 90.44.050 in the areas described in this section. […]
90.94.050 – Report to the legislature—Elements.
RCW 90.94.050 Report to the legislature—Elements. The department shall submit a report to the legislature by December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2027, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, that includes the following elements: (1) Progress in completing and adopting watershed plans under RCW 90.94.020 and watershed restoration and enhancement plans under RCW 90.94.030; (2) A […]
90.94.060 – Watershed restoration and enhancement account.
RCW 90.94.060 Watershed restoration and enhancement account. (1) The watershed restoration and enhancement account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from fees paid pursuant to RCW 90.94.020 and 90.94.030 must be deposited into the account. The account may also receive those moneys as may be appropriated by the legislature for […]
90.90.040 – Columbia river water supply inventory—Long-term water supply and demand forecast.
RCW 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 […]
90.90.050 – Columbia river mainstem water resources information system.
RCW 90.90.050 Columbia river mainstem water resources information system. (1) In order to better understand current water use and instream flows in the Columbia river mainstem, the department of ecology shall establish and maintain a Columbia river mainstem water resources information system that provides the information necessary for effective mainstem water resource planning and management. […]
90.90.060 – Additional releases of water from Lake Roosevelt.
RCW 90.90.060 Additional releases of water from Lake Roosevelt. (1) In 2006, the legislature enacted chapter 6, Laws of 2006, an act relating to water resource management in the Columbia river basin. In its enactment, the legislature established that a key priority of water resource management in the Columbia river basin is the development of […]
90.90.070 – Columbia river water delivery account—Creation—Distribution.
RCW 90.90.070 Columbia river water delivery account—Creation—Distribution. (1) The Columbia river water delivery account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The account consists of all moneys transferred or appropriated to the account by law. The legislature may appropriate moneys in the account: (a) For distributions […]
90.90.080 – Impacts of water release—Department of ecology’s duties.
RCW 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 […]
90.88.903 – Effective date—2005 c 479.
RCW 90.88.903 Effective date—2005 c 479. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 16, 2005]. [ 2005 c 479 § 8.]