Priority Date : 3/9/1981
Basis : Decreed
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
BIG WOOD RIVER
MALAD RIVER
LITTLE WOOD RIVER
MALAD RIVER
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
BIG WOOD RIVER
05S
14E
28
0
SW
SW
SE
GOODING
LITTLE WOOD RIVER
05S
14E
28
0
SW
SW
SE
GOODING
Rediversion
LITTLE WOOD RIVER
05S
15E
31
2
NE
SW
NW
GOODING
Injection
LITTLE WOOD RIVER
06S
15E
6
0
NW
SW
NE
GOODING
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
POWER
01/01
12/31
20.00 CFS
14479.60 AFA
TOTAL
20.00 CFS
14479.60 AFA
Places of Use
Place of Use Legal Description : POWER (GOODING county)
Township
Range
Section
Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
Acres
05S
14E
33
NE
SE
Conditions
Code
Condtions
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.
Any loss of water to the Big Wood River or the Little Wood River resulting from conveyance and use pursuant to this right shall be mitigated with replacement water.
The diversion and use of water under this right is subject to review by the Director 25 years from the date of issuance of License 37-7889. (License 37-7889 was issued November 10, 1992.) Upon appropriate findings relative to the interest of the public, the Director may cancel all or any part of the use authorized herein and may revise, delete or add conditions under which this right may be exercised.
Use of water under this right shall not cause fluctuation in the flows of the Malad River which impairs the ability of prior right holders to divert their water.
The water right confirmed in this partial decree for hydropower purposes shall be junior and subordinate to all rights to the use of water, other than hydropower, within the State of Idaho that are initiated later in time than the priority of this right and shall not give rise to any right or claim against any future rights to the use of water, other than hydropower, within the State of Idaho initiated later in time than the priority of this right.
Use of water pursuant to this right shall be non-consumptive.
A measuring device of a type approved by this Department shall be required at the diversions of the Big and Little Wood Rivers if determined to be necessary by either the Department of Water Resources or the watermaster of Water District 37.
G01
Point of injection into and point of rediversion from the Big Wood River.
Bypass flows in the Big Wood River and Little Wood River must be maintained at sufficient levels to ensure protection of fish, wildlife, aquatic and riparian values.