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Place of use is within Valley, Boise, Gem, Payette, Washington, Canyon and Ada counties. |
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Pursuant to Section 42-1412(6), Idaho Code, this water right is subject to such general provisions necessary for the definition of the rights or for the efficient administration of water rights as may be determined by the Snake River Basin Adjudication court at a point in time no later than the entry of the final unified decree. |
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A beneficial use of a portion of the water represented hereby is made by the landowners within Black Canyon Irrigation District, Emmett Irrigation District, Noble Ditch Company, Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company, the Lower Payette Ditch Company, and by individuals who have entered into contracts with the United States for irrigation water from this storage reservoir. Such beneficial use is subject to and pursuant to contract with the United States (as may hereafter be supplemented or amended) for irrigation and other permitted purposes as authorized by law and contracts. |
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Total reservoir capacity is 700,000 acre feet when filled to elevation 4828 feet and measured at the upstream face of the dam. This total capacity is equal to the combined quantities of water rights 65-2927A and 65-2927B. |
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Power generation use at Cascade Dam and Black Canyon Dam. |
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Exchange no. 75007 is approved subject to the following conditions:
Part A
The total annual volume of water exchanged shall not exceed 2,800 acre-feet of water stored in accordance with Water Right No. 65-2927A, made available to the Idaho Water Resource Board through the State Water District No. 65 rental pool, and released from Cascade Reservoir in Govt Lots 1 and 5, Section 26, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, for flow augmentation purposes in the Snake River.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shall retain a volume of water in the upper Snake River basin upstream from Milner Dam equal to the volume released for flow augmentation each year pursuant to this exchange. In the event Reclamation makes water available upstream from Milner Dam, the Board shall notify Reclamation no later than June 15 that it wishes to exercise the exchange.
This exchange will be regulated by watermasters responsible for the distribution of water among appropriators within water districts. At the time of this approval, the exchanged water rights are within State Water District No. 1, Upper Snake River, and State Water District No. 65, Payette River and tributaries.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shall only exchange its uncontracted water stored in its reservoirs in the upper Snake River basin with an equal volume of water acquired and leased by the Idaho Water Resource Board from Black Canyon Irrigation District.
To change the nature of use, season of use, or place of use of a water right for beneficial use under this exchange, the Idaho Water Resource Board shall secure authorization through the State Water District No. 1 rental pool.
By June 22 of each year during this exchange, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shall notify the watermaster of State Water District No. 1 under which water right(s) water is stored in the upper Snake River basin for this exchange.
By January 15 of each year after the exchange has been operative, the Idaho Water Resource Board shall submit a report to the Director describing the dates and volumes of water exchanged during the previous calendar year.
This exchange will not be operative during times when water is not available to satisfy the exchange. When the exchange is not operative, the right to use water pursuant to the water rights involved in the exchange automatically reverts to the place of use authorized under the water rights.
This exchange shall comply with the provisions of Idaho Code § 42-1763B and the terms of the Snake River Water Rights Agreement of 2004.
Pursuant to Idaho Code § 42-1763B(3)(c), the release of water from Cascade Reservoir pursuant to this exchange shall not cause the water surface of Lake Cascade to be below the elevation required to maintain a storage volume of three hundred thousand (300,000) acre feet, fifty thousand (50,000) acre feet of which is dead space, which is currently estimated to be at an elevation of four thousand eight hundred nine and two-tenths (4,809.2) feet. |
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Exchange no. 75007 is approved subject to the following conditions:
Part B
This exchange is effective from the date of the approval through December 31, 2034, unless extended by the Director or rescinded for cause by the Director.
Failure of the Idaho Water Resource Board or the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to comply with conditions of this exchange is cause for the Director to rescind approval of this exchange. |