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ECOLOGY v. GRIMES

No. 58857-1.

121 Wn.2d 459 (1993)

852 P.2d 1044

In the Matter of the Determination of the Rights of the Use of the Surface and Ground Waters of the Marshall Lake and Marshall Creek Drainage Basin in Pend Oreille County, Washington. THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, Respondent, v. CLARENCE E. GRIMES, ET AL, Appellants, LEONARD B. MAGART, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Henry, for appellants.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Thomas McDonald, Assistant, for respondent State.

Robert E. Anderson, for respondents Magart.

Donald H. Bond on behalf of Union Gap Irrigation District, Yakima Valley Canal Company, Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, West Side Irrigating Company, and Ellensburg Water Company; John P. Gilreath on behalf of Kittitas Reclamation District; Thomas A. Cowan on behalf of Roza Irrigation District; James E. Davis on behalf of Cascade Irrigation District; Charles C. Flower on behalf of Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District; Dwight A. Halstead on behalf of Prosser Irrigation District, City of Prosser, and Kiona Irrigation District; Floyd E. Ivey on behalf of Kennewick Irrigation District, City of Yakima, and Naches-Selah Irrigation District, amici curiae for appellants.

SMITH, J.

This matter is before the court upon direct review after we accepted certification from the Court of Appeals, Division Three, pursuant to RCW 2.06.030(d), raising the question of the legal definition of "reasonable use" of water as an element of "beneficial use" under the Water Code of 1917, RCW 90.03, the Water Resources Act of 1971, RCW 90.54, and other related statutes.1

Appellants Clarence E. and Peggy V. Grimes ...

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