2012 Idaho Statutes
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER -- PERMITS, CERTIFICATES, AND LICENSES -- SURVEY
Section 42-226 - GROUND WATERS ARE PUBLIC WATERS.
Any application for a water permit that seeks to transfer ground water outside the immediate ground water basin as defined by the director of the department of water resources for the purpose of irrigating five thousand (5,000) or more acres on a continuing basis or for a total volume in excess of ten thousand (10,000) acre feet per year, the application must first be approved by the director of the department of water resources and then by the Idaho legislature. Each shall give due consideration to the local economic and ecological impact of the project or development so proposed.
History:
[42-226, added 1951, ch. 200, sec. 1, p. 423; am. 1953, ch. 182, sec. 1, p. 277; am. 1980, ch. 186, sec. 1, p. 413; am. 1987, ch. 347, sec. 1, p. 742.]
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