IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD
CYNTHIA BRIDGE CLARK
PO BOX 83720
BOISE
ID
83720-0098
Water Right Status
Priority Date : 6/15/1992
Basis : License
Status : Active
Water Source
Source
Source Qualifier
Tributary
Tributary Qualifier
PEND OREILLE RIVER
COLUMBIA RIVER
Points Of Diversion (Location)
Source
Township
Range
Section
Govt. Lot
QQQ
QQ
Q
County
Diversion Type
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Beginning of Stream Flow
56N
05W
29
0
NW
NW
BONNER
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
56N
06W
13
0
NW
SW
BONNER
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
56N
06W
13
0
SW
SW
BONNER
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
56N
06W
24
0
NW
NW
BONNER
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
56N
06W
24
0
SW
NW
BONNER
PEND OREILLE RIVER
Ending of Stream Flow
56N
06W
24
0
NW
SW
BONNER
Water Uses
Beneficial Use
From
To
Diversion Rate
Volume
MINIMUM STREAM FLOW
1/01
12/31
10655.00 CFS
TOTAL
10655.00 CFS
Places of Use
Conditions
Code
Condtions
027
Use of water under this right shall be non-consumptive.
Establishment of a minimum flow on the Pend Oreille River in the requested reach shall serve to protect water released from Albeni Falls Dam as it flows through the requested reach at rates up to the established flow, but shall not directly or indirectly cause any change in the operation of Albeni Falls Dam.
Upon the future finding and order of the Director that gaging stations are required to maintain the approved minimum stream flow, the right holder shall permanently install and maintain gaging stations as specified by the department.
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 the right would be in the public interest.
This minimum stream flow begins at Albeni Falls Dam in the NWNW, S29, T56N, R5W and ends 2.4 miles downstream at the state line on the west side of Sections 13 and 24, T56N, R6W.
This minimum stream flow is for the protection of fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic life and recreational values.