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

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 90.44 - Regulation of public groundwaters

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