This week s hearing comes after a panel of state appellate judges remanded the case back to Yakima Superior Court for a hearing to probe the merits of any new evidence.
This week s hearing comes after a panel of state appellate judges remanded the case back to Yakima Superior Court for a hearing to probe the merits of any new evidence.
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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 Northwest Washington and the Lake Roosevelt watershed in Eastern Washington. Interested parties can submit comments on these bills here and here.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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 Northwest Washington and the Lake Roosevelt watershed in Eastern Washington. Interested parties can submit comments on these bills here and here.
If these bills pass, water users in Whatcom County and Eastern Washington should prepare to join a collaborative process, if available, and the water rights adjudication, in order to protect their access to water.
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FILE â Judge Michael McCarthy jokes with a courtroom full of his peers, family and friends after being sworn in as a Superior Court judge at Yakima County Superior Court Friday, April 25, 2007, in Yakima, Wash.
Yakima Herald-Republic / Kris Holland, file