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Code · Washington · Title 90 — Water Rights—Environment · Chapter 90.44

RCW 90.44.230

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In any determination of the right to withdrawal of groundwater under RCW 90.44.220 , the department's findings and the court's findings and judgment shall determine the priority of right and the quantity of water to which each appropriator who is a party to the proceedings shall be entitled, shall determine the level below which the groundwater body shall not be drawn down by appropriators, or shall reserve jurisdiction for the determination of a safe sustaining water yield as necessary from time to time to preserve the rights of the several appropriators and to prevent depletion of the groundwater body.
[ 1987 c 109 s 120 ; 1945 c 263 s 18 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 7400-18.]
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Purpose — Short title — Construction — Rules — Severability — Captions — 1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001 .
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