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Chapter 90.40 RCW

WATER RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES

Complete chapter HTMLPDF

Sections

HTMLPDF 90.40.010Eminent domain by the United States.
HTMLPDF 90.40.020Right to use water courses.
HTMLPDF 90.40.030Notice and certificate, effect of.
HTMLPDF 90.40.040Appropriation of water—Title to beds and shores.
HTMLPDF 90.40.050Reservation of needed lands—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 90.40.060Restrictions on sale of state lands within project.
HTMLPDF 90.40.070Federal water users' association—Exemption from fees.
HTMLPDF 90.40.080Federal water users' association—Records by county auditor.
HTMLPDF 90.40.090Permit for Grand Coulee project.
HTMLPDF 90.40.100Columbia Basin Project—Water appropriated pursuant to RCW 90.40.030—Periodic renewal not required.