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| Who controls both water categories? |
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| When subsurface water is going to be tapped into, what permit is needed? |
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| Well with maximum pump capacity of 35 gallons per minute and which will water less than two acres of land. |
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| Notice of Intent to Drill |
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| Submitted to Dept of Water Resources if you are going to drill an exempt well. |
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| Prior Appropriation of Water |
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| Individual with the first permit for surface water controls water usage (not ownership) upstream also. Flowing water is measured in cubic feet per second. |
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| Riparian Rights for Water Ownership |
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| Property adjacent to navigable body of water stops at high water line. Property next to non-navigable body of water stops at low-water line. (In deserts this is usually mid-stream.) |
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