RCW 90.82.020Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) 'Department' means the department of ecology.(2) 'Implementing rules' for a WRIA plan are the rules needed to give force and effect to the parts of the plan that create rights or obligations for any party including a state agency or that establish water management policy.(3) 'Minimum instream flow' means a minimum flow under chapter 90.03 or 90.22 RCW or a base flow under chapter 90.54 RCW.(4) 'WRIA' means a water resource inventory area established in chapter 173-500 WAC as it existed on January 1, 1997.(5) 'Water supply utility' means a water, combined water-sewer, irrigation, reclamation, or public utility district that provides water to persons or other water users within the district or a division or unit responsible for administering a publicly governed water supply system on behalf of a county.(6) 'WRIA plan' or 'plan' means the product of the planning unit including any rules adopted in conjunction with the product of the planning unit.[ 1997 c 442 s 103.]
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