Or. Admin. Code § 690-250-0010 - Definitions
The following definitions apply in OAR 690, Division 250.
(1) "Appropriator": Water user,
trustee or agent in charge of the works.
(2) "Basin Program": A program adopted by the
Water Resources Commission to establish water management policies and
objectives for a specified basin. Basin programs establish rules for
appropriation and use of surface and ground water within each river basin.
Water use regulations include classification of surface and ground waters
according to permitted uses, the withdrawal or surface and ground waters from
further appropriation, the reservation of waters for specific future uses, and
the establishment of minimum perennial streamflow requirements.
(3) "Beneficial Use": Reasonably efficient
use of water without waste for a purpose consistent with the laws and the best
interests of the people of the state.
(4) "Commission": Water Resources
Commission.
(5) "Compensation":
Salary and related payroll expenditures.
(6) "Enforceable Rotation Agreement": Written
agreement between two or more appropriators to rotate the use of water, to
bring about more economical use of the available supply to which they are
collectively entitled.
(7) "Exempt
Uses": Uses of water for which no registration, certificate of registration,
application for a permit, permit, certificate of completion of water right
certificate is required.
(8)
"Expenses": Includes but is not limited to, lodging, meals, mileage, and
supplies.
(9) "Irrigation Seasons":
Time period(s) during the year when a water right for irrigation purposes can
be legally used.
(10) "Legally
Stored Water": Any water impounded in a reservoir under the provisions of an
established right to store water.
(11) "Point of Diversion": For surface water,
the point at which water is physically diverted from the natural source of
manmade works for the beneficial use and, unless specified otherwise, includes
point of appropriation as in a well or ground water development.
(12) "Rate and Duty of Water for Irrigation":
Maximum quantity of water in cubic feet per second or gallons per minute (rate)
and the total quantity of water in acre-feet per acre per year that may be
diverted for irrigation (duty).
(13) "Reservoir": A natural or artificial
lake or pond in which water is collected for beneficial use or
purpose.
(14) "Substantial or undue
interference": As defined in OAR
690-008-0001.
(15) "Transfer": Legal process for change of
use, change in place of use, or change of point of diversion of a water
right.
(16) "Wasteful Use of Ground
Water": As defined in OAR
690-008-0001.
(17) "Water Right Subject to a Transfer":
Right established by a court decree or evidenced by a valid water right
certificate, or a right for which proof of beneficial use of water under a
water right permit or transfer has been submitted to and approved by the
Director but for which a certificate has not been issued.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 540
Stats. Implemented: ORS 540
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