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                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 7
                       HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES
    42-705.  DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AUTHORIZED TO
CREATE AND SUPERVISE WATER MEASUREMENT DISTRICTS. The director of the
department of water resources is authorized to create water measurement
districts to carry out the water measuring requirements of this chapter and
shall have direction and control of the measurement of water existing therein
or diverted from all public water sources, including ground water sources,
within a water measurement district. Measurement of water within water
measurement districts created pursuant to section 42-706, Idaho Code, shall be
accomplished by district hydrographers as provided in this chapter and
supervised by the director.  Administration of water rights within water
measurement districts shall be pursuant to the authority of the director of
the department of water resources found elsewhere in title 42, Idaho Code,
except such curtailment of diversion as is specifically authorized in section
42-714, Idaho Code.