New Article on Changes in "Manner of Use" Under Washington's Groundwater Code
In a detailed article, Doll Mack Wells attorney Sarah Mack explains the arguments in favor of changing the “manner of use” of a groundwater right for community domestic supply to increase the number of residential service connections using the same amount of water. Using as its starting point the notion – originating with dicta in a 1999 Washington Supreme Court decision – that the groundwater code does not authorize changes in the “purpose of use” of a groundwater permit or certificate, the article explores the meaning of “manner of use” changes authorized by RCW 90.44.100.
Sarah presented a condensed version of this article at Law Seminars International’s 2012 Water Law in Washington conference on August 27-28. For more information, contact Sarah Mack at mack@tmw-law.com.