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Legals March 13, 2017

STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER UNDER SEVEN (7) GROUND WATER CLAIMS TAKE NOTICE: That the City of Moses Lake, WA, has made application for change/transfer of seven claims to ground water in order to consolidate the claims by changing the existing points of withdrawal and place of use, and adding 30 points of withdrawal to each claim. That the purpose of use under each claim is continuous municipal supply. The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 002852 was 1000 gallons per minute, 1000 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1944. The point of withdrawal is located within Sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is not described. The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 146402 was 250 gallons per minute, 400 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1934. The point of withdrawal is located within the SE1/4NE1/4 Of Sec. 28, T. 19 N., R. 28 E. W.M. and the place of use is "City of Moses Lake." The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 146403 was 1000 gallons per minute, 1600 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1940. The point of withdrawal is located within the SE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 23, T. 19 N. , R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is "City of Moses Lake." The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 146404 was 500 gallons per minute, 800 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1939. The point of withdrawal is located within the NW1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is "City of Moses Lake." The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 146405 was 500 gallons per minute, 800 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1936. The point of withdrawal is located within the NW1/4NW1/4 0f Sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is "City of Moses Lake." The quantity of water claimed and used at the time under Claim No. 146406 was 500 gallons per minute, 800 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1940. The point of withdrawal is located within the SW1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 27, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is not described. The quantity of water claimed and itsed at the time under Claim No. 146410 was 750 gallons per minute, 7200 acre-feet per year. The claimed date of first putting water to use is 1936. The point of withdrawal is located within the NE1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 33, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M. and the place of use is "City of Moses Lake." That they propose to change the place of use under each claim to the "Area served by the City of Moses Lake." That they propose to change the existing points of withdrawal, and add 30 points of withdrawal to each claim. That after the changes, each claim will have 31 wells located as follows: 1) SW1/4 of Sec. 14, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M.; 2) NW1/4NE1/4 of Sec. 27, T. 20 N., R. 28 E. W.M.; 3)NW1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 29; 4) S1/2 of Sec. 29; 5)SE1/4 of Sec. 28; 6) SE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 16; 7)NE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 15; all being within T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M.; 8) NW1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 20, T. 19 N., R. 29 E.W.M.; 9) SW1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 25; 10) NE1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 23; 11) NW1/4 of Sec. 13; 12) SE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 23; 13) SE1/4 of Sec. 27; 14) SW1/4SW14 of Sec. 26; 15) SW1/4SE1/4 OF Sec. 14; 16) NW1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 15; 17) SE1/4NE1/4 of Sec. 22; 18) NE1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 33; all being within T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M.; 19) NW1/4 of Sec. 16, T. 19 N., R. 29 E.W.M.; 20) SW1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 4, T. 19 N., R. 28 E.W.M.; 21) SE1/4NE1/4 of Sec. 32; 22) NE1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 32; 23) NE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 32; all being Wlthin T. 20 N., R. 28 E.W.M.; 24) SW1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 15; 25) NE1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 4; 26) SE1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 29; 27) NE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 27; 28) SE1/4SE1/4 of Sec. 14; 29) SW1/4 of Sec. 2; all being within T. 19 N., R. 28 E. W.M.; 30) NW1/4 31)SW1/4; both being within Sec. 12, T. 18 N., R. 28 E.W.M. All within Grant County, Washington. Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty-($50.00) dollar recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from March 13, 2017. STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM - ERO PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611 #03027/55182 Pub: March 10 & 13, 2017

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