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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1568

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Vekich and Nealey; by request of Department of Ecology

Read first time 1/17/86 and referred to Committee on Agriculture.

AN ACT Relating to authority for conditioning ground water permits; and amending RCW 90.44.060.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 6, chapter 263, Laws of 1945 and RCW 90.44.060 are each amended to read as follows:

          Applications for permits for appropriation of underground water shall be made in the same form and manner provided in RCW 90.03.250 through 90.03.340, as amended, the provisions of which sections are hereby extended to govern and to apply to ground water, or ground water right certificates and to all permits that shall be issued pursuant to such applications, and the rights to the withdrawal of ground water acquired thereby shall be governed by RCW 90.03.250 through 90.03.340, inclusive:  PROVIDED, That each application to withdraw public ground water by means of a well or wells shall set forth the following additional information:  (1) the name and post office address of the applicant; (2) the name and post office address of the owner of the land on which such well or wells or works will be located; (3) the location of the proposed well or wells or other works for the proposed withdrawal; (4) the ground water area, sub-area, or zone from which withdrawal is proposed, provided the supervisor of water resources has designated such area, sub-area, or zone in accord with RCW 90.44.130; (5) the amount of water proposed to be withdrawn, in gallons a minute and in acre feet a year, or millions of gallons a year; (6) the depth and type of construction proposed for the well or wells or other works:  AND PROVIDED  FURTHER, That any permit issued pursuant to an application for constructing a well or wells to withdraw public ground water may specify an approved type and manner of construction for the purposes of preventing waste of said public waters ((and of)); conserving their head; preventing impairment of existing rights; and preventing depletions, excessive water level declines, or reduction in water quality.