Water reclamation in Washington State: an analytical review of WAC 173-219
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify the implications of the proposed changes to water
rights impairment analysis and the impacts on transaction costs for water reclamation facilities.
Will the new impairment analysis prove too burdensome for reclamation facilities? Will the
transaction costs to comply with the proposed state rule prevent water resources from going to
their most valuable activity? Transaction costs are defined as the costs of carrying out a
transaction by means of an exchange on the open market or in this case, the costs of permitting a
new or existing water reclamation facility (Wang, 2003). My analysis will conclude that the new
state law is unlikely to result in the growth and expansion of reclaimed water facilities in
Washington State as the new legislation was directed to encourage.
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