Water Resources Department
Chapter 690
Division 502
WILLAMETTE BASIN PROGRAM
690-502-0250
Special Columbia River Basalt Group Aquifer Permit Conditions
New permits issued to appropriate groundwater from Columbia River Basalt Group aquifers shall be specially conditioned. The conditions shall specify:
(1) A static water level measurement be made and submitted before any use of water may commence at the well;
(2) The permittee/appropriator install a meter or other suitable measuring device approved by the Director and submit an annual report of water used to the Department;
(3) Limits on acceptable amounts of depletion and interference with other users;
(4) Use of water from the well be controlled or shut off if limits specified in the permit to protect the resource from depletion, and prior appropriators from interference, are exceeded;
(5) The Department shall determine, from measurements submitted by the permittee/appropriator, or other data on file in the department, the initial and subsequent water levels from which the previously cited declines are referenced;
(6) Following the issuance of a permit, the permittee/appropriator shall measure the water levels in the permitted well each year between March 1 and March 31 (spring high-water level) and submit the data to the Department within 90 days of measurement. Water level measurements shall be made by a certified water rights examiner, licensed water well driller, licensed pump installer, registered geologist, licensed land surveyor, registered professional engineer or the permittee/appropriator;
(7) Any other conditions derived from OAR 690, division 008 as deemed necessary to protect the groundwater resource.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 536 & 537
History:
WRD 3-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-4-03, Renumbered from 690-502-0160
WRD 12-1992, f. & cert. ef. 9-9-92
WRD 4-1992, f. & cert. ef. 3-13-92, Renumbered from 690-080-0021, 690-080-0022, 690-080-0023
WRD 3-1986(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-11-86
WRB 11-1985, f. & cert. ef. 9-5-85
WRD 5-1985, f. & cert. ef. 6-14-85
WRD 2-1981, f. & cert. ef. 4-30-81
WRD 9-1980, f. & cert. ef 11-26-80
WRD 7-1980, f. & cert. ef. 8-12-80
WRD 1-1980, f. & cert. ef. 12-19-80
WRD 2-1976, f. & cert. ef. 11-5-76
WRB 63-1975, f. & cert. ef. 6-5-75
WRB 47-1971, f. & cert. ef. 4-30-71
WRB 42-1970, f. & cert. ef. 5-1-70
WRB 40-1968, f. & cert. ef. 9-6-68
WRB 35-1966, f. & cert. ef. 6-10-66
WRB 32-1965, f. & cert. ef. 7-27-65
WRB 30-1964, f. & cert. ef. 7-3-64
WRB 29-1964, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-64
WRB 27-1964, f. & cert. ef. 5-11-64
WRB 19-1962, f. & cert. ef. 6-5-62
WRB 8-1959, f. & cert. ef. 4-21-59