HB 2085 - DIGEST

Provides that, when considering an application regarding the domestic use of water, the department shall not consider the return or recharge portion of the water as being lost through beneficial use. The return or recharge portion of the water is the amount returned to surface or ground waters after septic or sewage treatment or returned in the form of seepage. Analyses contained in a watershed plan developed or approved under chapter 90.82 RCW shall be used by the department in determining the return or recharge portion of the water in that watershed.