Who Has Water Rights in Mountain Lake, Cascade Creek and Cascade Lake?
There are several water rights affecting Mountain Lake, Cascade Creek and Cascade Lake that affect OWU. Click here to see the water rights on Cascade Lake. Rosario has filed applications for water right modifications to convert the remaining portion of hte 1204 acre ft to domestic use. Dept of Ecology: Assessing the validity of a water right. Water rights in Washington State are prioritized in time with “First in time, first in line.” Older water rights are more senior. It is very common with old (often generous) water rights in a given watershed to add up to more water than is actually available, especially during an extended drought. In the event of a water shortage the water is allocated in order of seniority. Adjudication is the formal court process of sorting out who has what rights and their seniority. The following surface and ground waters of the drainage basin of Mountain Lake, cascade Creek and their tributaries were adjudicated in 1970 in the in the Superior Court of the Sta
