HB 1817-S2 - DIGEST

 

                      (DIGEST AS ENACTED)

 

     Provides that the department of ecology shall establish and administer a reclaimed water demonstration program for the purposes of funding and monitoring the progress of five demonstration projects.  The department shall work in cooperation with the department of health.

     Provides that demonstration projects which will discharge or otherwise deliver reclaimed water to federal reclamation project facilities or irrigation district facilities shall meet the requirements of the facilities' operating entity for such discharges or deliveries.

     Provides that, no irrigation district, its directors, officers, employees, or agents operating and maintaining irrigation works for any purpose authorized by law is liable for damages to persons or property arising from the implementation of the demonstration projects in this act.