Washington Supreme Court, 2002

The court held that the domestic-use exemption from groundwater permitting allows no more than one 5,000-gallon-per-day exemption for a residential development’s group domestic use, rather than a separate exemption for each lot.

The court held that the groundwater exemption allows one withdrawal of up to 5,000 gallons per day for a project’s single or group domestic uses, not a separate exemption for each lot in a subdivision developed with multiple wells.