2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 82. Waters and Water Rights
§82-105.17. Reversion of water to public.
A. To the extent that the water authorized is not put to beneficial use as provided by the terms of the permit, that amount not so used shall be forfeited by the holder of the permit and shall become public water and available for appropriation.
B. When the party entitled to the use of water commences using water but thereafter fails to beneficially use all or any part of the water claimed by him, for which a right of use has been vested for the purpose for which it was appropriated for a period of seven (7) continuous years, such unused water shall revert to the public and shall be regarded as unappropriated public water.
Laws 1972, c. 256, § 17; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 6, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993.
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