IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD
CYNTHIA BRIDGE CLARK
PO BOX 83720
BOISE
ID
83720-0098
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 5/24/1993
Basis : License
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
ELK CREEK
MORES CREEK
ELK CREEK
EAST FORK
ELK CREEK
ELK CREEK
NORTH FORK
ELK CREEK
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
ELK CREEK
Ending of Stream Flow
06N
05E
26
0
NW
SE
NW
BOISE
ELK CREEK
Beginning of Stream Flow
07N
06E
3
0
SE
SE
NE
BOISE
ELK CREEK
Beginning of Stream Flow
07N
06E
14
0
NW
SW
NE
BOISE
ELK CREEK
Ending of Stream Flow
07N
06E
16
0
SW
SE
NE
BOISE
ELK CREEK
Ending of Stream Flow
07N
06E
16
0
SW
SE
NE
BOISE
ELK CREEK
Beginning of Stream Flow
07N
06E
16
0
SW
SE
NE
BOISE
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
1/01
12/31
5.00 CFS
TOTAL
5.00 CFS
Places of Use
Conditions
Code
Condtions
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.
027
Use of water under this right shall be non-consumptive.
The Director retains jurisdiction, as described below, 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 the 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 of the right would be in the public interest.
This minimum stream flow begins at a point in the SESENE, Section 3, Township 7N, Range 6E (Elk Creek, North Fork), and at a point in the NWSWNE, Section 14, Township 7N, Range 6E (Elk Creek, East Fork), merging into Elk Creek in the SWSENE, Section 16, Township 7N, Range 6E and ending at the municipal water supply diversion for Idaho City in the NWSENW, Section 26, Township 6N, Range 5E. The length of the minimum stream flow reach is approximately 15.4 miles; the 5.0 cfs dedicated as the minimum stream flow is measured at the ending point of the reach.
The purpose of this minimum stream flow is to preserve the water quality of the municipal water supply for Idaho City.