SB5261 — Issuing water right permits for nonconsumptive hydropower use in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met.

SB5261 — Issuing water right permits for nonconsumptive hydropower use in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met. · Informed CitizenrySB 5261 amends RCW 90.54.020 and RCW 90.03.247 to modify the rules for issuing water right permits. The bill specifies that the Department of Ecology may issue water right permits for nonconsumptiv…Open in Informed Citizenry