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Wash. Rev. Code § 90.14.031

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Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as used in RCW 90.14.031 through 90.14.121 shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, city or other municipality, county, or a state agency, and the United States of America when claiming water rights established under the laws of the state of Washington.
(2) "Beneficial use" shall include, but not be limited to, use for domestic water, irrigation, fish, shellfish, game and other aquatic life, municipal, recreation, industrial water, generation of electric power, and navigation.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 284 s 12.]

Notes:

Severability—1969 ex.s. c 284: See note following RCW 90.48.290.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology
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Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology (1996) wash · cites it 2× “The plain language of the section, read in the context of the whole chapter, establishes that any person feeling aggrieved by any water resource decision of the Department is entitled to review of that decision.”
Cornelius v. Department of Ecology (2015) wash · cites it 2× “14 RCW, where the relinquishment statutes are found, draws a distinction between domestic and municipal uses of water in RCW 90.14.031. The statute defines “beneficial use” to include “use for domestic water [and] municipal.”
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Dept. of Ecology (2009) washctapp · cites it 2× “140(1)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.14.140(1)(d)). Additionally, no relinquishment will be found if the water right is claimed for a determined future development to take place within 15 years of the most recent beneficial use.”
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Department of Ecology (2009) washctapp · cites it 2× “140(l)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.”
Crown West Realty, LLC v. Pollution Control Hearings Bd. (2019) washctapp “RCW 90.14.031 declares: (2) “Beneficial use” shall include, but not be limited to, use for domestic water, irrigation, fish, shellfish, game and other aquatic life, municipal, recreation, industrial water, generation of electric power, and navigation.”
Cornelius v. Dep't of Ecology (2015) wash · cites it 2× “14 RCW, where the relinquishment statutes are found, draws a distinction between domestic and municipal uses of water in RCW 90.14.031. The statute defines "beneficial use" to include "use for domestic water [and] municipal.”
Cornelius v. Dep't of Ecology (2015) wash · cites it 2× “14 RCW, where the relinquishment statutes are found, draws a distinction between domestic and municipal uses of water in RCW 90.14.031. The statute defines "beneficial use" to include "use for domestic water [and] municipal.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 90.14.031(1) — 3 cases
Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology (1996) wash “The plain language of the section, read in the context of the whole chapter, establishes that any person feeling aggrieved by any water resource decision of the Department is entitled to review of that decision.”
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Dept. of Ecology (2009) washctapp “140(1)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.14.140(1)(d)). Additionally, no relinquishment will be found if the water right is claimed for a determined future development to take place within 15 years of the most recent beneficial use.”
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Department of Ecology (2009) washctapp “140(l)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 90.14.031(2) — 2 cases
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Dept. of Ecology (2009) washctapp “140(1)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.14.140(1)(d)). Additionally, no relinquishment will be found if the water right is claimed for a determined future development to take place within 15 years of the most recent beneficial use.”
Pacific Land Partners, LLC v. Department of Ecology (2009) washctapp “140(l)(a)) and the operation of legal proceedings (RCW 90.”
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