IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD
CYNTHIA BRIDGE CLARK
PO BOX 83720
BOISE
ID
83720-0098
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 3/20/1979
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
BLIND CANYON SPRINGS
SNAKE RIVER
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
BLIND CANYON SPRINGS
Beginning of Stream Flow
08S
14E
28
0
SW
NE
GOODING
BLIND CANYON SPRINGS
Ending of Stream Flow
08S
14E
28
2
SE
NW
GOODING
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
1/01
12/31
8.00 CFS
TOTAL
8.00 CFS
Places of Use
Conditions
Code
Condtions
THIS MINIMUM STREAMFLOW SHALL BE JUNIOR AND SUBORDINATE TO ALL CONSUMPTIVE USE RIGHTS DIVERTED FROM GROUNDWATER WITHIN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AQUIFER TRIBUTARY TO BLIND CANYON SPRINGS, HELD IN TRUST BY THE STATE OF IDAHO, WHICH MAY BE APPROVED OR DIVERTED LATER IN TIME THAN THE PRIORITY OF THIS RIGHT. DECREE OF THIS RIGHT SHALL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY RIGHT OR CLAIM AGAINST ANY FUTURE RIGHTS TO THE CONSUMPTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER HELD IN TRUST BY THE STATE OF IDAHO INITIATED LATER IN TIME THAN THE PRIORITY OF THIS RIGHT AND ANY SUBSEQUENT LICENSE TO THE EXTENT SUCH USES ARE WITHIN THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE SWAN FALLS AGREEMENT, THE IDAHO STATE WATER PLAN, AND CHAPTER 2, TITLE 42, IDAHO CODE.
THIS MINIMUM STREAM FLOW BEGINS AT THE POINT WHERE EFFLUENT FROM THE BLIND CANYON SPRINGS HATCHERY DISCHARGES TO BLIND CANYON WITHIN T08S, R14E, S28, SWNE, AND EXTENDS DOWNSTREAM TO THE MOUTH OF BLIND CANYON AND THE SNAKE RIVER WITHIN T08S, R14E, S28, GOVT. LOT 2 (SENW).
THE IDWR DIRECTOR HAS AUTHORITY TO REVIEW AND AMEND ANY AND ALL PARAMETERS OF THIS RIGHT. THE BOARD, UPON RECEIVING A REQUEST, OR UPON ITS OWN INITIATIVE, MAY PETITION THE DIRECTOR FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHT. THE PETITION MUST SET FORTH ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES AND EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THE DIRECTOR WILL NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SPECIFIC PERSONS OR KNOWN INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE, AND CONDUCT A HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE RIGHT SHOULD BE AMENDED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE BURDEN OF PROOF AT THE HEARING SHALL BE UPON THE PERSONS OR PARTIES SEEKING THE AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH THAT THE AMENDMENT OF THE RIGHT WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.