WSR 97-01-119
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION
Cite as: AGO 1996 No. 19
[December 11, 1996]
water - department of ecology - department of health - cities - counties - districts -
interpretation of legislation recognizing interties between public water supply systems.
1. The procedure established in RCW 90.03.383(3) for modifying a water
right permit based on an intertie between public supply systems
applies only to interties existing and in use on January 1, 1991.
2. Under RCW 90.03.383(3), when the Department of Ecology processes a
change in place of use occasioned by an intertie between public
water supply systems, the resulting permit(s) should show the
quantity of water delivered through the intertie as well as the
change in place of use.
3. Under RCW 90.03.383(4), the Department of Ecology's scope of inquiry
is whether each system's use is within the annual and instantaneous
withdrawal rate specified in its water right authorization and
whether the exchange or delivery through the intertie adversely
affects existing water rights.
Bruce Miyahara, Secretary
Department of Health
P. O. Box 47890
Olympia, WA 98504-7890
Mary Riveland, Director
Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600