RCW 86.16.120
Flood damages defined.
Damages within the meaning of this chapter shall include harmful inundation, water erosion of soil, stream banks and beds, stream channel shifting and changes, harmful deposition by water of eroded and shifting soils and debris upon property or in the beds of streams or other bodies of water, damages by high water to public roads, highways, bridges, utilities and to works built for protection against floods or inundation, the interruption by floods of travel, communication and commerce, and all other high water influences and results which injuriously affect the public health and the safety of property.
[ 1935 c 159 § 2; RRS § 9663A-2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 86.16 - Floodplain Management.
86.16.010 - Statement of policy—State control assumed.
86.16.020 - Floodplain management regulation.
86.16.025 - Authority of department.
86.16.031 - Duties of the department of ecology.
86.16.035 - Department of ecology—Control of dams and obstructions.
86.16.045 - Adoption of ordinances or requirements that exceed minimum federal requirements.
86.16.051 - Basis for state and local floodplain management.
86.16.061 - Adoption of rules.
86.16.071 - Chapter not to create liability for damages against the state.
86.16.120 - Flood damages defined.
86.16.160 - Local programs not prevented.