42-115. STORAGE. To ensure that new or proposed projects to store more than one thousand (1,000) acre feet of surface water do not interfere with the storage of water in existing on-stream storage reservoirs operated for storage and flood control purposes, the director of the department of water resources shall subordinate permits and licenses for projects to store more than one thousand (1,000) acre feet of surface water issued after the effective date of this section to the capture and retention of water in existing on-stream storage reservoirs during and following flood control operations until the date of allocation.
History:
[42-115, added 2019, ch. 16, sec. 1, p. 18.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 1 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 42-101 - NATURE OF PROPERTY IN WATER.
Section 42-102 - MEASUREMENT OF WATER.
Section 42-103 - RIGHT ACQUIRED BY APPROPRIATION.
Section 42-104 - APPROPRIATION MUST BE FOR BENEFICIAL PURPOSE.
Section 42-107 - PRIORITY — WASTE, SEEPAGE, AND SPRING WATERS.
Section 42-108B - LEASING OF WATER UNDER ESTABLISHED RIGHTS — NOTICE — APPEAL.
Section 42-109 - CHANGE IN COURSE OF DITCH — WHEN PROHIBITED.
Section 42-110 - RIGHT TO DIVERT WATER.
Section 42-111 - DOMESTIC PURPOSES DEFINED.
Section 42-112 - COMPLETION DEFINED.
Section 42-113 - IN-STREAM AND OTHER WATER USE FOR LIVESTOCK.