Chapter 90.44. Regulation of public groundwaters.  


Section 90.44.020. Purpose of chapter.
Section 90.44.030. Chapter not to affect surface water rights.
Section 90.44.035. Definitions.
Section 90.44.040. Public groundwaters subject to appropriation.
Section 90.44.050. Permit to withdraw.
Section 90.44.052. Whitman county clustered residential developments pilot project—Exemption from permit requirements.
Section 90.44.055. Applications for water right or amendment—Consideration of water impoundment or other resource management technique.
Section 90.44.060. Laws governing withdrawal.
Section 90.44.062. Use of reclaimed water by wastewater treatment facility—Permit requirements inapplicable.
Section 90.44.070. Limitations on granting permit.
Section 90.44.080. Certificate—Showing required.
Section 90.44.090. Certificate of vested rights.
Section 90.44.100. Amendment to permit or certificate—Replacement or new additional wells—Exemption for small irrigation impoundments.
Section 90.44.105. Amendment to permit or certificate—Consolidation of rights for exempt wells.
Section 90.44.110. Waste of water prohibited—Exceptions.
Section 90.44.120. Penalty for waste or unauthorized use of water.
Section 90.44.130. Priorities as between appropriators—Department in charge of groundwater withdrawals—Establishment and modification of groundwater areas and depth zones—Declarations by claimant of artificially stored water.
Section 90.44.180. Hearing to adjust supply to current needs.
Section 90.44.200. Water supervisors—Duties—Compensation.
Section 90.44.220. Petition to conduct an adjudication to determine rights to water.
Section 90.44.230. Effect of findings and judgment.
Section 90.44.250. Investigations—Reports of appropriators.
Section 90.44.400. Groundwater management areas—Purpose—Standards—Identification—Designation.
Section 90.44.410. Requirements for groundwater management programs—Review of programs.
Section 90.44.420. Groundwater management programs—Consideration by department of ecology—Public hearing—Findings—Adoption of regulations, ordinances, and programs.
Section 90.44.430. Groundwater management programs—Guidance to local governments and certain departments.
Section 90.44.440. Existing rights not affected.
Section 90.44.445. Acreage expansion program—Authorization—Certification.
Section 90.44.450. Metering or measuring groundwater withdrawals—Reports.
Section 90.44.460. Reservoir permits.
Section 90.44.500. Civil penalties.
Section 90.44.510. Superseding water right permit or certificate—Water delivered from federal Columbia Basin project.
Section 90.44.520. Odessa groundwater subarea—Involuntary nonuse of water rights—Conditions—Notice—Report to the legislature.
Section 90.44.530. Applications to appropriate groundwater under a cost-reimbursement agreement.
Section 90.44.540. Expedited processing of applications—Notification—Fees.