Washington State Legislation Would Authorize Two New Large-Scale Water Rights Adjudications
By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21
Legislators in Washington State introduced parallel bills that would authorize funding for two water adjudications in Washington State. A water rights adjudication effectively brings all water users in a watershed into one lawsuit to fully determine everyone’s water rights legally and permanently. Identical provisions of HB 1094 and SB 5092 would appropriate general funds for the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to prepare and file adjudications in the Nooksack watershed in...
By: Beveridge & Diamond PC