Washington Statutes

§ 90.03.460 — Inchoate rights not affected.

Washington § 90.03.460
JurisdictionWashington
Title 90WATER RIGHTS—ENVIRONMENT
Ch. 90.03WATER CODE

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Wash. Rev. Code § 90.03.460 (2026).

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Nothing in this chapter contained shall operate to effect an impairment of any inchoate right to divert and use water while the application of the water in question to a beneficial use is being prosecuted with reasonable diligence, having due regard to the circumstances surrounding the enterprise, including the magnitude of the project for putting the water to a beneficial use and the market for the resulting water right for irrigation or power or other beneficial use, in the locality in question.

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Legislative History

[1917 c 117 s 43; RRS s 7398. Formerly RCW90.28.140.]

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