Custer Water Association has received many questions about the water adjudication for the Nooksack WRIA 1 area. Custer Water Association can not offer legal advice and thus all information contained herein is our understanding/opinion and is not legal advice and does not carry any warranties. We are not lawyers; please consult a lawyer as needed.

It is our understanding that if you only use water from a water system, such as Custer Water Association, you do not need do not need to complete this form. Custer Water Association already has legal water rights for our wells and reports the amount pumped from the wells to the department of ecology. If an association is your ONLY source of water, you may discard the summons.

However, if you use water from any other source, you are required to complete this form in accordance with the instructions. For example: If your house is supplied by Custer Water Association, but you water your field or garden from an old well; you would be required to fill out this water adjudication form. If you use any surface (lake, pond, creek, etc) or ground water (well, etc), you legally should report this usage to maintain your water rights. If you don't report a water source that you use, the state may decide you can't legally use that source in the future or limit usage from that source to the amount you report.

Again, this is NOT legal advice, but rather our understanding of the situation which may be incorrect. The information herein does not offer any expressed or implied warranties, but is rather our opinion of the situation. If you have any questions, these are legal questions, and we can not offer legal advice. Please consult a lawyer.

Custer Water Association