WATER RIGHT DISTRIBUTION WRIA 53 – LOWER LAKE ROOSEVELT WATERSHED PRESENTED BY: Gene St.Godard. P.G., L.HG. Water & Natural Resources Group, Inc. Spokane, Washington

DATA SOURCES WASHINGTON WASHINGTON –Washington State Department of Ecology WRATS Database (November 14, 2008) WRATS Database (November 14, 2008)

WASHINGTON WATER LAW Washington Water Code of 1917 Washington Water Code of 1917 –Required individuals to file application for a permit for new surface water rights –Did not affect existing water rights Groundwater Code of 1945 Groundwater Code of 1945 –Established the same permitting process used for surface water –Allowed for exemption to a permit of uses less than 5,000 gallons per day

WASHINGTON WATER LAW Water Right – issued for a “Beneficial Use” Water Right – issued for a “Beneficial Use” –Senior Water Right: entitled to full exercise of their allocated “right”. Set with a priority date. –Junior Water Right: conditioned to a senior water right, issued after code, and assigned a priority date Classifications: Classifications: –Claim: initiated before the appropriate water code (surface-1917, groundwater-1945). –Certificate: use issued by Ecology after code was adopted. –Permit: use of water granted by Ecology, but not certificated.

348 ACTIVE SURFACE WATER CLAIMS, CERTIFICATES, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

83 INACTIVE SURFACE WATER CLAIMS, CERTIFICATES, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

286 ACTIVE GROUNDWATER CLAIMS, CERTIFICATES, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

35 INACTIVE GROUNDWATER CERTIFICATES, PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS IN WRIA 53

PENDING GROUNDWATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS IN WRIA 53

PENDING SURFACE WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS IN WRIA 53

APPROXIMATELY 35,860 ACRE-FT/YEAR HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN WRIA 53. AN ADDITIONAL IS PENDING APPLICATION (25.25-SW, 184-GW).

595.6 cfs from SURFACE WATER CLAIMS, CERTIFICATES, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

26,775 gpm (59.25 cfs) from GROUNDWATER CLAIMS, CERTIFICATES, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

346 GROUNDWATER CERTIFICATES, CLAIMS, AND PERMITS IN WRIA 53

312 SURFACE WATER CERTIFICATES, CLAIMS, AND PERMITS IIN WRIA 53

THANK YOU PLEASE USE YOUR WATER IN A PRODUCTIVE MANNER