Stream Channel Alteration Rules, Rule 61 – Minimum Standards for Suction Dredges and Non-Powered Sluice Equipment
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- Email from Idaho Conservation League – September 22, 2021
- Letter from Gary Bowling – June 22, 2021
- Email from Gay Richardson – June 22, 2021
- Letter from Friends of the Clearwater – June 22, 2021
- Email from Idaho Conservation League – June 22, 2021
- Email from Idaho Department of Environmental Quality – June 22, 2021
- Email from Idaho Department of Lands – June 17, 2021
- Email from Brian Koch – June 15, 2021
- Email from Wayne Crowder – June 14, 2021
- Letter from Pat Finnegan – June 2, 2021
- Email from Gary Bowling – June 2, 2021
- Email from Richard Wist – May 28, 2021
- Letter from Idaho Department of Lands – May 14, 2021
- Letter from Mount Pisgah Mining District – May 14, 2021
- Letter from Jann Higdem – May 14, 2021
- Email from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – May 14, 2021
- Email from Robert Taylor – May 14, 2021
- Letter from Gary Bowling – May 13, 2021
- Email from Michael Edmondson – May 11, 2021
- Letter from Idaho Conservation League – May 6, 2021
- Email from Idaho Dept of Environmental Quality – May 4, 2021
- Email from Larry Domingo – April 29, 2021
- Email from Ron Miller – April 28, 2021
Terminology
Reducing or restricting the use of surface or groundwater based on priority date.
A request from a water right holder for the administration of water rights under the prior appropriation doctrine. See IDAPA 37.03.11 for more detail.
A document submitted by a junior-priority groundwater right holder and approved by the Director (as provided in Rule 043) that identifies actions and measures to prevent, or compensate holders of senior-priority water rights for, material injury caused by the diversion and use of water by the junior-priority groundwater rights holders within an area having a common groundwater supply. See IDAPA 37.03.11 for more detail.
Statutes & Rules
Listed below are legal considerations regarding water rights, irrigation, and floodplain management in Idaho.
Idaho Constitution
Idaho Statute
- Title 42: Irrigation and Drainage — Water Rights and Reclamation
- Title 43: Irrigation Districts
- Title 46, Chapter 10: State Disaster Preparedness Act
Idaho Administrative Code
