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Chapter 90.16 RCW

APPROPRIATION OF WATER FOR PUBLIC AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES

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Sections

HTMLPDF 90.16.010Appropriation by certain water companies.
HTMLPDF 90.16.020Appropriation for industrial purposes.
HTMLPDF 90.16.025Appropriation for industrial purposes—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 90.16.030Right of eminent domain by water power companies.
HTMLPDF 90.16.040Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Right of entry.
HTMLPDF 90.16.045Right of eminent domain by water power companies—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 90.16.050Use of water for power development—Annual license fee—Progress report—Exceptions to the fee schedule—Ensuring accountability in the programs.
HTMLPDF 90.16.060Schedule of fees for claimants of water power—Statement of claim—Penalties—Excessive claim—Abandonment.
HTMLPDF 90.16.090Disposition of fees.
HTMLPDF 90.16.100Appropriation of lands by corporations conveying water.
HTMLPDF 90.16.110Water for use outside state.
HTMLPDF 90.16.120Water for use outside state—Reciprocity.

Notes:

Use of waters for irrigation, mining, manufacturing, deemed a public use: State Constitution Art. 21.