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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What say you?.....</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I just had a client of mine contact me regarding this decision. He had intended to proceed with a rural cluster development and of course needs water for the development.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">++++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that counties must verify that new domestic wells won’t harm existing water uses, even in rural areas where the Department of Ecology already has determined that the wells won’t impair senior water rights.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the dissenting opinion, Justice Debra Stephens said the majority opinion “imposes impossible burdens on homeowners.”</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">She cited a recent case that suggested proving that a new well won’t impair existing water rights would take two years and cost $300,000. She also said county building departments will have to evaluate hydrogeological studies. “The practical result of this holding is to stop counties from granting building permits that rely on permit-exempt wells,” Stephens wrote.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Justice Madsen concurred with the majority, but issued a separate opinion, urging the state, local governments and tribes to work together to make water available. “This is not a burden to be shifted onto individual permit applicants,” she wrote.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20161007/washington-supreme-court-casts-doubt-on-new-wells">http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20161007/washington-supreme-court-casts-doubt-on-new-wells</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="86" height="130" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D22933.51C399D0" align="left" hspace="12"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert R. 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Howard St, Suite 218</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practice concentrated on business, real estate and general legal matters in Washington and Idaho.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rowleylegal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.gif@01D22932.8EEC9A60"></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-rowley/11/172/b20"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.gif@01D22932.8EEC9A60"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ROBERTRROWLEY"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.gif@01D22932.8EEC9A60"></span></a><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/robert-r-rowley-spokane"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="21" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D22933.51C399D0"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. 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