IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD
CYNTHIA BRIDGE CLARK
PO BOX 83720
BOISE
ID
83720-0098
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 6/19/1981
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
BITCH CREEK
TETON RIVER
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
BITCH CREEK
Ending of Stream Flow
07N
44E
20
0
NW
NE
TETON
BITCH CREEK
Beginning of Stream Flow
07N
45E
17
0
NW
NW
TETON
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
1/01
12/31
28.00 CFS
TOTAL
28.00 CFS
Places of Use
Conditions
Code
Condtions
Place of use is within the reach described above for the point of diversion.
C18
This partial decree is subject to such general provisions necessary for the definition of the rights or for the efficient administration of the water rights as may be ultimately determined by the Court at a point in time no later than the entry of a final unified decree. Section 42-1412(6), Idaho Code.
The purpose of this minimum stream flow is to maintain spawning and rearing of game fish.
The minimum stream flow begins at State Hwy. 32 in NW1/4NW1/4, Section 17, Twp. 7N, Rge. 45E, and ends approximately 6 miles downstream at the confluence with the Teton River within the NW1/4NE1/4, Section 20, Twp. 7N, Rge. 44E, Teton County.
027
Use of water under this right shall be non-consumptive.
091
Use of water under this right shall recognize and allow the continued beneficial diversion of water under any prior existing water right established by diversion and application to beneficial use or by an application, permit, or license on file or issued by the director under the provisions of Chapter 2, Title 42, Idaho Code, with a priority of water right date earlier than the date of priority of this right.
092
Upon further finding and order of the director that gauging stations are required to maintain the approved minimum flows under this right, such measuring devices shall be permanently installed and maintained as specified by the director.
112
The Idaho Water Resource Board, upon receiving a request, or upon its own initiative, may petition the Director for an amendment to this water right. The petition must set forth any significant change in circumstances and evidence of the public interest supporting the proposed amendment. The Director will notify the general public and specific persons or notify interested parties of the proposed change, and conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining whether the water right should be amended in the public interest. The burden of proof at the hearing shall be upon the person or parties seeking the amendment to establish that the amendment of this water right would be in the public interest.