Aquifer protection
areas may impose fees to fund:
(1) The preparation of a comprehensive plan to protect,
preserve, and rehabilitate subterranean water, including
groundwater management programs adopted under chapter 90.44 RCW. This plan may be prepared as a portion of a county sewerage
and/or water general plan pursuant to RCW 36.94.030;
(2) The construction of facilities for: (a) The removal of
water-borne pollution; (b) water quality improvement; (c)
sanitary sewage collection, disposal, and treatment; (d) storm
water or surface water drainage collection, disposal, and
treatment; and (e) the construction of public water systems;
(3) The proportionate reduction of special assessments
imposed by a county, city, town, or special district in the
aquifer protection area for any of the facilities described in
subsection (2) of this section;
(4) The costs of monitoring and inspecting on-site sewage
disposal systems or community sewage disposal systems for
compliance with applicable standards and rules, and for enforcing
compliance with these applicable standards and rules in aquifer
protection areas created after June 9, 1988; and
(5) The costs of: (a) Monitoring the quality and quantity
of subterranean water and analyzing data that is collected; (b)
ongoing implementation of the comprehensive plan developed under
subsection (1) of this section; (c) enforcing compliance with
standards and rules relating to the quality and quantity of
subterranean waters; and (d) public education relating to
protecting, preserving, and enhancing subterranean waters.
[1991 c 151 § 2; 1988 c 258 § 1; 1985 c 425 § 4.]