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Water Code (Revised Code of Washington (RCW): Title 90 Water Rights—Environment; Chapter 90.03)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
State of Washington
Type du document
Législation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Législation de base Eaux superficielles Eaux continentales Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Peuples autochtones Droits de propriété Gestion des resources en eau douce Lutte contre la pollution Normes de qualité de l'eau Pollution des eaux douces
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This Chapter of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) adopts the Water Code of Washington. It declares that it is the policy of the state to promote the use of the public waters in a fashion which provides for obtaining maximum net benefits arising from both diversionary uses of the state's public waters and the retention of waters within streams and lakes in sufficient quantity and quality to protect instream and natural values and rights. Consistent with this policy, the state supports economically feasible and environmentally sound development of physical facilities through the concerted efforts of the state with the United States, public corporations, Indian tribes, or other public or private entities. Further, based on the tenet of water law which precludes wasteful practices in the exercise of rights to the use of waters, the department of ecology shall reduce these practices to the maximum extent practicable, taking into account sound principles of water management, the benefits and costs of improved water use efficiency, and the most effective use of public and private funds, and, when appropriate, to work to that end in concert with the agencies of the United States and other public and private entities.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
leg.wa.gov