{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-90.03.550","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 90.03.550","heading":"Municipal water supply purposes—Beneficial uses.","body":"Beneficial uses of water under a municipal water supply purposes water right may include water withdrawn or diverted under such a right and used for:\n(1) Uses that benefit fish and wildlife, water quality, or other instream resources or related habitat values; or\n(2) Uses that are needed to implement environmental obligations called for by a watershed plan approved under chapter 90.82 RCW, or a comprehensive watershed plan adopted under RCW 90.54.040(1) after September 9, 2003, a federally approved habitat conservation plan prepared in response to the listing of a species as being endangered or threatened under the federal endangered species act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq., a hydropower license of the federal energy regulatory commission, or a comprehensive irrigation district management plan.","path":["Title 90","Chapter 90.03"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=90.03.550","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:38:44Z","sha256":"3bff37efbe71a17203f26447430388f3a89503bc164a2389b5480d82e41eeb52","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-90.03.540","next":"us-wa/rcw-90.03.560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}