Article: Lawsuit blocks Washington Department of Ecology's water rights calculations.

By Jeff St. John, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 15--A Benton County judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday blocking the state Department of Ecology from using new standards to calculate water rights changes.

The Benton County Water Conservancy Board and the Franklin County Water Conservancy Board sought the order in a lawsuit arguing the Ecology Department failed to follow proper procedures in how it calculates the amount of water that can be kept when a water right is transferred or changed.

"If this rule goes through, it will be applied everywhere possible," said Darryll Olsen, ...

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