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AB2023-379
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1
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Presentation
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Presented
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On agenda:
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6/6/2023
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Final action:
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6/6/2023
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Title:
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Presentation on the Yakima River Basin adjudication
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Department
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Council Office
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Primary Contact Email: DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us
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Presentation on the Yakima River Basin adjudication
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
FROM DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY:
In 1977 the Department of Ecology filed an action in the Yakima County Superior Court to determine the legality of all claims for use of surface water in the Yakima River Basin. The court case, Ecology v. James J. Acquavella, et. al. (also called the Yakima River Basin adjudication), led to a thorough examination of evidence verifying each claim for the right to use surface water in the basin. The court issued its final decree in this case on May 9, 2019. This final decree defines the relative priorities of all surface water rights in the Yakima Basin under Washington’s “first in time, first in right” water law doctrine. Closure of this decades-long adjudication settles old conflicts, reduces future conflicts and protects and increases value of confirmed rights.
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