SB 6141-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Declares that "municipal water supply purposes" means the use of water to satisfy the needs of:  (1) A city;

     (2) a town; or

     (3) a public water system as defined in chapter 70.119A RCW or an approved satellite system management agency under chapter 70.116 RCW.

     Declares that certificated appropriations for municipal water supply purposes are vested, beneficially used, and perfected to the extent that the certificated withdrawal rates will be required to supply the public water system's instantaneous and annual demand within the public water system's approved service area, as established by the most recent fifty-year population projections in the county's growth management plan, approved water system plan, or the office of financial management.