HB 2961 - DIGEST

     Declares that there is a growing necessity to provide for the increasing need of the state and its citizens for water for industrial, agricultural, residential, social, economic, recreational, environmental, and other needs and to plan, coordinate, restore, and regulate the utilization of our water resources in a manner that ensures that the public interest is protected.

     Provides that all powers, duties, and functions of the department of ecology pertaining to those powers and duties set out in section 3 of this act are transferred to the commission.