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                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 7
                       HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES
    42-709.  MEASUREMENT OF WATER. (1) It shall be the duty of the district
hydrographer to:
    (a)  Measure the diversion from the water supply within the district by
    each appropriator or water user, or as the director of the department of
    water resources may otherwise require, and report the results as provided
    in section 42-708, Idaho Code.
    (b)  Take and record measurements from devices within the district
    required in sections 42-702 and 42-703, Idaho Code, and report the results
    as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code.
    (c)  Monitor the ground water levels at ground water diversions, as
    required by the director of the department of water resources, before the
    pumping period begins and during the pumping period and report the results
    as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code.
    (d)  Maintain current records of names and addresses of ground and surface
    appropriators or water users within the district and report the names and
    addresses as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code.
    (e)  Maintain and report, as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code, any
    change in the diversion facilities of any appropriator or water user in
    the district.
    (f)  Immediately report to the director of the department of water
    resources the diversion of any water appearing to be diverted without a
    water right or in violation of a water right.
    (2)  Data collected pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this
section during the period November 1 through December 31 shall be reported in
the report required in section 42-708, Idaho Code, submitted the following
year.
    (3)  The district hydrographer and his assistants may make reasonable
entry upon any lands in the state for the purpose of making water measurements
or in direct support of making water measurements.
    (4)  Appropriators or water users may be required by the director,
pursuant to subsections (1)  through (4) of section 42-701, Idaho Code, or
section 42-702 or 42-703, Idaho Code, to install measuring devices to
facilitate the measurement of water required in this section.