PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That the City of Pasco, Washington on November 28, 2011, under Water Right Application No. S4-33044(B1b), filed for a permit to appropriate public surface water, subject to existing rights, from the Columbia River for year-round use in the amount of 1.848 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 1,116.73 acre-feet per year (ac-ft/yr) for Municipal water use. The source of the proposed appropriation is located within the SW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 31, Township 9 N., Range 30 E.W.M., and the SW quarter of the NW quarter of Section 18, Township 9 N., Range 29 E.W.M., located in Franklin County. The proposed place of use (POU) of this water right is the service area described in the most recent Pasco Water System Plan/Small Water System Management Program approved by the Washington State Department of Health, so long as the water system is and remains in compliance with the criteria in RCW 90.03.386(2). To view this application as well as the source of the proposed appropriation and place of use, visit our Water Right Search application and web map search here: https://appswr.ecology.wa.gov/waterrighttrackingsystem/WaterRights/default.aspx Protests to this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for the objections. Protests must be accompanied with a fifty dollar ($50.00) non-refundable recording fee. We accept check or money order only. Do not send cash. Send your protest with the $50.00 fee to the Department of Ecology at the address below within 30 days from: March 22, 2026. Department of Ecology Cashiering Office PO Box 47611 Olympia, WA 98504-7611 IPL0321308 Mar 15,22 2026