Streamflow Restoration (Revised Code of Washington (RCW): Title 90 Water Rights—Environment; Chapter 90.94) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision State of Washington Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Inland waters Water conservation zone Financing Governance Water abstraction Authorization/permit Groundwater Royalties/fees Effluent waste water/discharge Basin/catchment/watershed Institution Pollution control Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Chapter of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) concerns streamflow restoration. Its purpose is to appropriate three hundred million dollars for projects to achieve the goals of this act until June 30, 2033. The department of ecology is directed to implement a program to restore and enhance streamflows by fulfilling obligations under this act to develop and implement plans to restore streamflows to levels necessary to support robust, healthy, and sustainable salmon populations. Further, it provides for authorization for new domestic groundwater withdrawals exempt from permitting with a potential impact on a closed water body and potential impairment to an instream flow, requirements, fees, adoption of rules; authorization for new domestic groundwater withdrawals exempt from permitting with a potential impact on a closed water body and potential impairment to an instream flow, requirements, watershed restoration and enhancement committees, watershed restoration and enhancement plan, fees, adoption of rules, application of section; pilot projects to measure water use from all new groundwater withdrawals for domestic purposes exempt from permitting, areas, report to the legislature; report to the legislature, elements; watershed restoration and enhancement account; watershed restoration and enhancement taxable bond account; watershed restoration and enhancement bond account; and joint legislative task force on water resource mitigation, water resource mitigation pilot projects. Full text English Website leg.wa.gov