Place of Use Legal Description : GROUND WATER RECHARGE (BUTTE county)
Township
Range
Section
Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
Acres
06N
28E
3
1
NE
NE
06N
28E
3
SW
NE
06N
28E
3
SE
NE
06N
28E
3
NW
SE
Conditions
Code
Condtions
R05
Use of water under this right will be regulated by a watermaster with responsibility for the distribution of water among appropriators within a water district. At the time of this approval, this water right is within State Water District No. 33.
R19
The right holder shall maintain a totalizing measuring device of a type approved by the Department as a part of the diverting works.
004
This right does not grant any right-of-way or easement across the land of another.
Prior to diversion and use of water under this approval, the right hold shall obtain authorization necessary to access the point of diversion or place of use to convey water across federal land.
The Little Lost River Watershed Improvement District agrees to use Water Recharge Permit No. 33-14956 in conjunction with their BLM right-of-way (ROW), IDI-21037 which authorizes the diversion and infiltration trenches for flood control purposes. Although the Water Recharge Permit may include a span of dates from November 1 through March 31, water would only be diverted into the trenches when danger of icing of the river channel and flooding is eminent as stipulated in the ROW. The water is to be returned to the Little Lost River as soon as the danger of icing and flooding has passed. The Water Recharge Permit may only be applied during those times. Typically, the critical period of flooding occurs annually from December 1 through February 25.
This right is subject to all applicable provisions of Section 42-234, Idaho Code.
920
Pursuant to Section 42-234(4), Idaho Code, to ensure that other water rights are not injured by the operations of the recharge project authorized by this right, the Director has authority to approve, disapprove, or require alterations in the methods employed to achieve ground water recharge.
921
Pursuant to Section 42-234(3), Idaho Code, the Director may reduce the amount of water that may be diverted for recharge purposes under this right even though there is sufficient water to supply the entire amount authorized for appropriation under this right.
922
This approval does not constitute approval by the Idaho Water Resource Board, which may also be required pursuant to Section 42-1737, Idaho Code.
929
This right is not an authorization for the described recharge effort to be used as mitigation or credit for any other purpose. The sufficiency of the recharge effort authorized under this right for mitigation or credit for some other purpose may be determined by the Department upon proper submission of a mitigation plan pursuant to the Department’s Rules of Conjunctive Management of Surface and Ground Water Resources, a mitigation plan to offset depletion in association with a water right application, a Management Program pursuant to Idaho Code Section 42-1416B, or any other proposal to utilize credit for the recharge effort.
26A
Project construction shall commence within one year from the date of permit issuance and shall proceed diligently to completion unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of Water Resources that delays were due to circumstances over which the permit holder had no control.