PDFWAC 173-510-070
Exemptions.
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall affect water rights, riparian, appropriative, or otherwise existing on the effective date of this chapter, nor shall it affect existing rights relating to the operation of any navigation, hydroelectric, or water storage reservoir or related facilities.
(2) Domestic in-house use for a single residence and stock watering shall be exempt except that use related to feedlots.