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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0020 - Policies

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All rights to
			 the surface waters of the Umatilla River and its tributaries initiated after
			 September 28, 1987, shall be subordinate to permitted appropriations for the
			 purpose of artificial groundwater recharge established before that
			 date.
(2) To support present and
			 proposed basin resource developments, no out-of-basin or out-of-state
			 appropriations of water shall be made or granted by any state agency or public
			 corporation of the state for the waters of the Umatilla River Basin.
(3) Rights to use water for industrial or
			 mining purposes granted by any state agency shall be issued only on condition
			 that any effluent or return flows from such uses shall not interfere with other
			 beneficial uses of water.
(4)
			 Future permits for consumptive water use shall be issued only on condition that
			 efficient water use techniques or water conservation measures are proposed in
			 the application. Failure to implement the proposed measures shall be a
			 violation of the terms of the permit.
(5) Municipal water supplies, interstate
			 cooperation in water management, instream needs, out-of-stream needs, water
			 quality and watershed management are issues of concern in the Umatilla River
			 Basin. The Commission's policies on these issues are as follows:
(a) Municipal water supply: In addressing the
			 issue of municipal water supply in the Umatilla River Basin, it shall be the
			 Commission's policy to:
(A) Assist cities
			 with limited financial resources secure needed capital to develop, expand and
			 improve municipal water supplies;
(B) Promote and aid municipal water
			 conservation and encourage cities to plan for water service emergencies;
(C) Encourage the use of
			 artificial groundwater recharge to supplement city groundwater supplies and
			 help reduce water level declines in the basalt groundwater reservoir;
(D) Encourage and promote the
			 concept of regional municipal water supply systems and preserve the options for
			 proposed systems;
(E) Promote and
			 support the purchase and transfer of water rights to municipal use;
(F) Promote the continued viability of
			 municipal water systems reliant on the basalt groundwater reservoir.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0030 - Walla Walla River Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the
			 surface and groundwater resources of the Walla Walla subbasin, the Commission
			 has the following objectives:
(a) Develop
			 interstate cooperation with Washington in the management of surface and
			 groundwater and related resources;
(b) Protect instream values in selected
			 streams by closing them to future appropriations or limiting new appropriations
			 to selected nonirrigation uses;
(c)
			 Preserve the opportunity for future upstream storage for all beneficial
			 uses;
(d) Permit artificial
			 groundwater recharge to offset declining groundwater levels and supplement
			 existing groundwater uses;
(e)
			 Protect municipal groundwater supplies;
(f) Prevent new appropriations from causing
			 groundwater/ surface water interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0040 - Wildhorse Creek Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the
			 surface and groundwater resources of the Wildhorse Creek subbasin, the
			 Commission has the following objectives:
(a)
			 Protect instream values by closing streams to future appropriations during the
			 low-flow season and limiting future appropriations during the high-flow season
			 to selected nonirrigation or nonconsumptive uses;
(b) Permit artificial groundwater recharge to
			 offset declining groundwater levels and supplement existing groundwater uses;
(c) Protect municipal groundwater
			 supplies;
(d) Prevent new
			 appropriations from causing groundwater/surface water interference;
(e) Support efforts to reduce nonpoint source
			 sediment loads in subbasin streams.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0050 - Upper Umatilla River Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Objectives: In developing a program for
			 the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the
			 Upper Umatilla River subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives:
(a) Protect instream values by closing
			 streams to future appropriations during the low-flow season and limiting future
			 appropriations during the high-flow season to selected nonirrigation
			 uses;
(b) Acknowledge the
			 Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have an unquantified
			 claim to water and preserve the opportunity for the Tribes to store excess
			 winter flows for Tribal use or purposes;
(c) Preserve the opportunity for future
			 upstream storage for all beneficial uses;
(d) Promote municipal use of surface waters;
(e) Permit artificial groundwater
			 recharge to offset declining groundwater levels and supplement existing
			 groundwater uses;
(f) Protect
			 municipal groundwater supplies;
(g)
			 Prevent new appropriations from causing groundwater/surface water
			 interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0060 - Birch and McKay Creeks Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Objectives: In developing a program for
			 the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the
			 Birch and McKay Creeks subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives:
(a) Protect instream values by closing
			 streams to future appropriations during the low-flow season and limiting future
			 appropriations during the high-flow season to selected nonirrigation
			 uses;
(b) Preserve the opportunity
			 for future upstream storage for all beneficial uses;
(c) Permit artificial groundwater recharge to
			 offset declining groundwater levels and supplement existing groundwater
			 uses;
(d) Protect municipal
			 groundwater supplies;
(e) Prevent
			 new appropriations from causing groundwater/surface water
			 interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0070 - Columbia-Umatilla Plateau Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the
			 surface and groundwater resources of the Columbia-Umatilla Plateau subbasin,
			 the Commission has the following objectives:
(a) Protect instream values in the Umatilla
			 River main stem by closing the main stem to future appropriations during the
			 low-flow season and limiting future appropriations during the high-flow season
			 to selected nonirrigation or nonconsumptive uses;
(b) Permit future surface water storage for
			 any beneficial use;
(c) Permit
			 artificial groundwater recharge to offset declining groundwater levels and
			 supplement existing groundwater uses;
(d) Achieve a balance between groundwater
			 pumpage and natural recharge in designated critical groundwater areas and
			 groundwater study areas;
(e)
			 Protect municipal groundwater supplies;
(f) Prevent new appropriations from causing
			 groundwater/surface water interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0080 - Butter Creek Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the
			 surface and groundwater resources of the Butter Creek subbasin, the Commission
			 has the following objectives:
(a) Protect
			 instream values by closing streams to future appropriations during the low-flow
			 season and limiting future appropriations during the high-flow season to
			 selected nonirrigation uses;
(b)
			 Preserve the opportunity for future upstream storage for all beneficial
			 uses;
(c) Permit artificial
			 groundwater recharge to offset declining groundwater levels and supplement
			 existing groundwater uses;
(d)
			 Achieve a balance between groundwater pumpage and natural recharge in
			 designated critical groundwater areas and groundwater study areas;
(e) Prevent new appropriations from causing
			 groundwater/surface water interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0090 - Willow Creek Subbasin

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the
			 surface and groundwater resources of the Willow Creek subbasin, the Commission
			 has the following objectives:
(a) Protect
			 instream values by limiting future appropriations to selected nonirrigation or
			 nonconsumptive uses;
(b) Preserve
			 the opportunity for future upstream storage for all beneficial uses;
(c) Permit artificial groundwater recharge to
			 offset declining groundwater levels and supplement existing groundwater uses;
(d) Achieve a balance between
			 groundwater pumpage and natural recharge in designated critical groundwater
			 areas and groundwater study areas;
(e) Protect municipal groundwater supplies;
(f) Prevent new appropriations
			 from causing groundwater/ surface water interference.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0610 - Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Director
			 issued an order on August 18, 1986 declaring the Butter Creek Critical
			 Groundwater Area. The order described the exterior boundaries and divided the
			 area into six subareas for the purpose of managing the ground-water resource.
			 The response of ground-water levels to pumpage from each subarea is largely
			 independent of pumpage within other subareas.
(2) To promote optimum use of the limited
			 groundwater supply in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area, the
			 Commission encourages development of water management plans to maintain a high
			 standard of water use efficiency.
(3) The Commission recognizes that exempt
			 users in the North subarea are a stress on the groundwater resource in the
			 Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area. If, by 2000, reasonably stable water
			 levels have not been achieved, the Department shall determine whether or not to
			 require prior authorization under these rules for groundwater uses that are
			 exempt under ORS 537.545.
(4) The purpose of these rules is to
			 stabilize water levels in the basalt groundwater reservoir in the Butter Creek
			 Critical Groundwater Area of Umatilla and Morrow counties. These rules carry
			 out the authority granted to the Commission in ORS
			 536.900 to
			 536.935 and ORS
			 537.505 to
			 537.745.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536 & 537
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  537.535
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0620 - Butter Creek CGWA: Definitions

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The following definitions apply to OAR Chapter 690, Division
				507:
(1) "Commission" means the Water
			 Resources Commission.
(2)
			 "Department" means the Water Resources Department.
(3) "Director" means the Director of the
			 Water Resources Department.
(4)
			 "Physically capable" means that the well, pump installed, and distribution
			 system are able to produce and distribute the quantity of water requested.
(5) "Reasonably stable water
			 level" means an annual static water level decline of less than one foot over
			 the entire subarea as determined by averaging the annual water level change of
			 the representative wells in the subarea, and the water level change for the
			 subarea averaged over five consecutive years displays no decline.
(6) "Sustainable annual yield" means the
			 volume of water that can be pumped on an annual basis while maintaining
			 reasonably stable water levels. This is a measurement of the capacity of the
			 available source.
(7) "Water user"
			 means a person who pumps water from the basalt groundwater reservoir.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536 & 537
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  537.535
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0630 - Butter Creek CGWA: General Requirements

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(1) Except as specified in OAR
			 690-507-0650(3)  and 690-507-0670(7), the use of water from the basalt
			 groundwater reservoir within the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area shall
			 be limited to the sustainable annual yield.
(2) The Commission delegates to the Director
			 the authority to implement these rules.
(3) Water from the basalt groundwater
			 reservoir in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area shall be used for
			 irrigation only during the irrigation season. The irrigation season begins on
			 the 15th of March and ends on the 1st of November.
(4) The Department shall not accept any new
			 applications for appropriation of water from the basalt groundwater reservoir
			 within the Butter Creek Critical Area.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  537.515,
				  537.525,
				  537.545 & 537.730 -
				  537.745
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  537.535
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0635 - Butter Creek CGWA: Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Any school located in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater
				Area using water from the basalt reservoir for watering lawns, grounds and
				fields not exceeding ten acres in area shall meet the requirements of OAR
				690-507-0640(2) to (5)  and 690-507-0645. All other water users exempt under the
				provisions of ORS 537.545(a), (b), (d), (e), and
				(f) are not subject to the provisions of OAR
				690, Division 507.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536 & 537
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  537.535
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0640 - Butter Creek CGWA: Duties of Water Users

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Appropriation of groundwater from the
			 Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area is prohibited unless the water user
			 meets the requirements of section (2) to (5) of this rule.
(2) A water user authorized by OAR
			 690-507-0670  to pump water from the basalt groundwater reservoir shall satisfy
			 the following conditions:
(a) Wells shall
			 have an access port with a minimum diameter of 3/4 inch. The access shall be
			 adequate to determine the water level at any time.
(b) A water user may install a functioning
			 airline with a pressure gauge in addition to the access port. The airline shall
			 be calibrated and yield accurate data. The airline shall not enter the well
			 through the access port. The airline shall be adequate to determine the water
			 level at any time.
(c) A water user
			 shall install and maintain a totalizing flow meter on each well authorized by
			 OAR 690-507-0670. The meter shall meet the requirements of OAR
			 690-507-0645.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0645 - Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A flow meter
			 shall meet the following specifications:
(a) A
			 flow meter shall be of the velocity-propeller type or shunt line venturi type
			 with enclosed propeller made of non-corrosive materials. Other types of flow
			 meters may be used with the written approval of the Water Resources
			 Director;
(b) A flow meter shall
			 have a rated accuracy of plus or minus 2 percent of actual flow for all rates
			 of flow within the range of flow for which the meter is designed. The flow
			 meter shall register the full range of discharge from the source of water for
			 which it is to be used;
(c) The
			 register head of the flow meter shall have a visual, recording, mechanical,
			 digital totalizer located on or adjacent to the flow meter and shall be
			 equipped with a test sweep hand so that flow rate can be quickly determined.
			 The register face shall be protected by a suitable plate or cover;
(d) Units of water measurement shall be in
			 acre-feet, cubic feet, or gallons. The totalizer shall read directly in the
			 above-described units. Flow meters recording in acre-feet shall read to the
			 nearest 1/10th acre-foot, and the decimal multiplier shall be clearly indicated
			 on the face of the register head;
(e) The totalizing part of the flow meter
			 shall have a sufficient capacity to record the quantity of water authorized to
			 be pumped over a period of 2 years;
(f) Both the register and the flow meter unit
			 shall be provided with a method of sealing with a wire or lead seal to prevent
			 unauthorized tampering with the placement or position of the flow
			 meter.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0650 - Butter Creek CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) Each of the eight subareas in the Butter
			 Creek Critical Groundwater Area shall be managed according to the sustainable
			 annual yield within that subarea. The Department shall refine the sustainable
			 annual yield value over time through the use of pumpage data and the response
			 of groundwater levels.
(2) The
			 initial sustainable annual yield for each of the eight subareas was calculated
			 using data from the 1983 through the 1989 irrigation seasons and is listed
			 below by subarea followed by the Sustainable Annual Yield in Acre Feet:
(a) North, 250 Acre Feet;
(b) Section 21, 28 Acre Feet;
(c) Echo Junction, 1,260 Acre Feet;
(d) Fourmile Canyon, 1,300 Acre
			 Feet;
(e) West, 5,670 Acre
			 Feet;
(f) East, 720 Acre
			 Feet;
(g) Pine City, 4,150 Acre
			 Feet;
(h) South, 1,000 Acre
			 Feet.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0660 - Butter Creek CGWA: Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) The Department
			 shall determine the sustainable annual yield for each subarea by comparing the
			 volume of groundwater pumped annually from each subarea for a given year to the
			 average of the annual changes in groundwater levels for the subarea for the
			 same year.
(a) The Department shall calculate
			 pumpage from each well based on data collected by the Department and as
			 submitted under OAR 690-507-0640. The pumpage for each subarea shall be
			 calculated by totaling the pumpage from each non-exempt well in the
			 subarea.
(b) The Department shall
			 calculate annual change in groundwater levels for a subarea by subtracting the
			 current year's February or March water level from the previous year's February
			 or March water level. The average shall be calculated by adding the change at
			 each well in the subarea and dividing by the number of wells with available
			 water level data. Data from all permitted or certificated wells in each subarea
			 that are measurable shall be used to calculate the average annual change. If
			 water level data cannot be collected at a particular well, data from a nearby
			 well may be substituted.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0670 - Butter Creek CGWA: Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The method for
			 distributing the sustainable annual yield from the basalt groundwater reservoir
			 within each subarea in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area is as
			 follows:
(a) Except as provided in sections
			 (5) of this rule, a water user who intends to pump water during any year shall
			 make a request to the Department in Salem by July 1st of the preceding year on
			 forms provided by the Department.
(b) The distribution of groundwater shall be
			 based on the priority dates of the water rights within the individual
			 subarea.
(c) In determining the
			 amount of groundwater each water user is allocated to pump during the next
			 calendar year or irrigation season, the Department may consider:
(A) Request for allocations received;
(B) The sustainable annual yield;
(C) The limits of the groundwater
			 rights;
(D) The relative dates of
			 priority;
(E) Historical usage;
(F) Whether or not a water user is
			 physically capable of pumping and putting to a beneficial use the quantity
			 requested; and
(G) Any other
			 factors deemed appropriate by the Department.
(d) The Department shall notify, by certified
			 mail with return receipt requested, each water user by August 1st of the amount
			 of groundwater allocated under these rules to each water user for the next
			 calendar year or irrigation season.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0680 - Butter Creek (CGWA) Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) The Department
			 shall determine whether a reasonably stable water level was achieved in the
			 basalt groundwater reservoir in each subarea in 2000 and every five years
			 thereafter.
(2) For any subarea in
			 which a reasonably stable water level was achieved, the Department may increase
			 the sustainable annual yield if the evaluation under section (1) of this rule
			 indicates that more water is available than the existing sustainable annual
			 yield.
(3) For any subarea in which
			 a reasonably stable water level was not achieved, the Department may decrease
			 the sustainable annual yield or modify subarea boundaries, or both, if the
			 evaluation under section (1) of this rule indicates that less water is
			 available than the existing sustainable annual yield.
(4) For any subarea in which a reasonably
			 stable water level was achieved but for which individual wells, in the
			 Director's judgment, show significant water level declines, the Department may
			 propose modification of subarea boundaries.
(5) If the Department proposes to modify
			 sustainable annual yields or subarea boundaries, it shall conduct a rulemaking
			 hearing as part of the basin program.
(6) The Department may propose modification
			 of subarea boundaries at times other than the five year review required in
			 section (1) of this rule.
(7)
			 Individuals with a groundwater right in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater
			 Area may petition the Department to modify subarea boundaries under the
			 following conditions:
(a) The petition shall
			 be in writing;
(b) The petition
			 shall contain evidence in support of the proposed boundary change; and
(c) The petition shall specify the
			 proposed location of the boundary.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0690 - Butter Creek (CGWA) Annual Reporting

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The Department shall publish a report for the Butter Creek
				Critical Groundwater Area by May 31 of each year. The report shall include the
				water user's name, well locations, permit numbers, priority dates, authorized
				diversions, actual diversion and water levels.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536 & 537
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  537.535
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0700 - Violation Policy

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Whenever the Department has reason to believe a violation of a
				rule in OAR 690, Division 507 has occurred, it shall investigate. If a
				violation has occurred, the Director may take enforcement
				action.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536 & ORS 537
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0750 - Purpose

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(1) The Director
			 issued an order on May 15, 1991 declaring the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater
			 Area. The order described the exterior boundaries and divided the area with
			 eight subareas for the purposes of managing the groundwater resource. The
			 response of ground-water levels to pumpage in each subarea is largely
			 independent of pumpage within other subareas.
(2) To promote optimum use of the limited
			 groundwater supply in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area, the Commission
			 encourages development of water management plans to maintain a high standard of
			 water use efficiency.
(3) The
			 purpose of these rules is to stabilize water levels in the basalt groundwater
			 reservoir in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater area of Umatilla County.
			 These rules carry out the authority granted to the Commission in ORS
			 536.900 to
			 536.935 and
			 537.505 to
			 537.745.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - ORS
				  536.935 & ORS
				  537.505 - ORS
				  537.745
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0760 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to OAR Chapter 690, Division
				507:
(1) "Commission" means the Water
			 Resources Commission.
(2)
			 "Department" means the Water Resources Department.
(3) "Director" means the Director of the
			 Water Resources Department.
(4)
			 "Physically Capable" means that the well, pump installed, and distribution
			 system are able to produce and distribute the quantity of water
			 requested.
(5) "Reasonably Stable
			 Water Level" means an annual static water level decline of less than one foot
			 over the entire subarea as determined by averaging the annual water level
			 change of the representative wells in the subarea, and the water level change
			 for the subarea averaged over five consecutive years displays no
			 decline.
(6) "Sustainable Annual
			 Yield" means the volume of water that can be pumped on an annual basis while
			 maintaining reasonably stable water levels. This is a measurement of the
			 capacity of the available source.
(7) "Water User" means a person who pumps
			 water from the basalt groundwater reservoir.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - ORS
				  536.935 & ORS
				  537.505 - ORS
				  537.745
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0770 - General Requirements

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(1) The use
			 of water from the basalt groundwater reservoir within the Stage Gulch Critical
			 Groundwater Area shall be limited to the sustainable annual yield.
(2) The Commission delegates to the Director
			 the authority to implement these rules.
(3) Water from the basalt groundwater
			 reservoir in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area shall be used for
			 irrigation only during the irrigation season. The irrigation season shall begin
			 on the 1st of March and end on the 30th of November. Water for all other
			 authorized uses may be used at any time :
(a)
			 A water user who wishes to use water for irrigation at any time other than the
			 irrigation season designated in this section shall make a written request to
			 the Department in Salem;
(b) If the
			 request is authorized, the Department may require the water user to submit to
			 the Department in Salem a static water level measurement for each well
			 authorized to be pumped. Water level measurements shall be made by a Certified
			 Water Rights Examiner, Licensed Water Well Driller, Registered Geologist,
			 Licensed Land Surveyor, Registered Professional Engineer, pump installer, or
			 the water user.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0775 - Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements

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(1) Any school located in the Stage Gulch
			 Critical Groundwater Area using water from the basalt reservoir for watering
			 lawns, grounds and fields not exceeding ten (10) acres in area shall meet the
			 requirements of OAR 690-507-0780(2) to (5)  and 690-507-0785. Except as provided
			 in section (2) of this rule, water users with wells located in Subarea E of the
			 Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area and all other water users exempt under
			 the provisions of ORS
			 537.545(a), (b), (d), (e) and
			 (f) are not subject to the provisions of OAR
			 690, Division 507.
(2) Permitted
			 wells located in Subarea E of the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area shall
			 not be deepened to a point where the well would penetrate the deep basalt
			 reservoir underlying said subarea.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - ORS
				  536.935 & ORS
				  537.505 - ORS
				  537.745
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0780 - Duties of Water Users

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Appropriation of groundwater from the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area is
			 prohibited unless the water user meets the requirements of sections (2) to (5)
			 of this rule.
(2) A water user
			 authorized by OAR 690-507-0810  to pump water from the basalt groundwater
			 reservoir shall satisfy the following conditions:
(a) Wells shall have an access port with a
			 minimum diameter of 3/4 inch. The access shall be adequate to determine the
			 water level at any time;
(b) A
			 water user may install a functioning airline with a pressure gage in addition
			 to the access port. The airline shall be calibrated and yield accurate data.
			 The airline shall not enter the well through the access port. The airline shall
			 be adequate to determine the water level at any time;
(c) A water user shall install and maintain a
			 totalizing flow meter on each well authorized by OAR 690-507-0810  except wells
			 authorized for irrigation of ten acres or less. The meter shall meet the
			 requirements of OAR 690-507-0785.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0785 - Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines

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(1) A flow meter
			 shall meet the following specifications:
(a) A
			 flow meter shall be of the velocity-propeller type or shunt line venturi type
			 with enclosed propeller made of non-corrosive materials. Other types of flow
			 meters may be used with the written approval of the Water Resources
			 Director;
(b) A flow meter shall
			 have a rated accuracy of plus or minus two percent of actual flow for all rates
			 of flow within the range of flow for which the meter is designed. The flow
			 meter shall register the full range of discharge from the source of water for
			 which it is to be used;
(c) The
			 register head of the flow meter shall have a visual, recording, mechanical,
			 digital totalizer located on or adjacent to the flow meter and shall be
			 equipped with a test sweep hand so that flow rate can be quickly determined.
			 The register face shall be protected by a suitable plate or cover;
(d) Units of water measurement shall be in
			 acre-feet, cubit feet, or gallons. The totalizer shall read directly in the
			 above-described units. Flow meters recording in acre-feet shall read to the
			 nearest 1/10th acre-foot, and the decimal multiplier shall be clearly indicated
			 on the face of the register head;
(e) The totalizing part of the flow meter
			 shall have a sufficient capacity to record the quantity of water authorized to
			 be pumped over a period of two (2) years;
(f) Both the register and the flow meter unit
			 shall be provided with a method of sealing with a wire or lead seal to prevent
			 unauthorized tampering with the placement or position of the flow
			 meter.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0790 - Stage Gulch CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) Each of the subareas in the Stage Gulch
			 Critical Ground-water Area shall be managed according to the sustainable annual
			 yield within that subarea. The Department shall refine the sustainable annual
			 yield over time through the use of pumpage data and the response of
			 ground-water levels.
(2) The
			 initial sustainable annual yield for each of the seven managed subareas in the
			 Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area was determined using data from the 1980
			 through the 1989 irrigation season and is listed below:
SUBAREA - SUSTAINABLE ANNUAL YIELD
A - 11,450 Acre Feet
B - 200 Acre Feet
C - 400 Acre Feet
D - 3,250 Acre Feet
F - 200 Acre Feet
G - 2,750 Acre Feet
H - 8,850 Acre Feet
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - 536.935 & 537.505  - 537.745
Stats. Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0800 - Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) The Department shall determine the
			 sustainable annual yield for each subarea by comparing the volume of
			 groundwater pumped annually from each subarea for a given year to the average
			 of the annual changes in groundwater levels for the area for the same year:
(a) The Department shall calculate pumpage
			 from each well based on data collected by the Department and as submitted under
			 OAR 690-507-0780. The pumpage for each subarea shall be calculated by totaling
			 the pumpage from each well in the subarea required to have a flow
			 meter;
(b) The Department shall
			 calculate annual change in groundwater levels for a subarea by subtracting the
			 current year's February or March water level from the previous year's February
			 or March water level. The average shall be calculated by adding the change at
			 each well in the subarea and dividing by the number of wells with available
			 water level data. Data from all permitted or certificated wells in each subarea
			 that are measurable shall be used to calculate the average annual change. If
			 water level data cannot be collected at a particular well, data from a nearby
			 well may be substituted.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0810 - Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) The method for distributing the
			 sustainable annual yield from the basalt groundwater reservoir within each
			 managed subarea in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area is as follows:
(a) Except as provided in section (5) of this
			 rule, a water user who intends to pump water for any authorized use except
			 municipal use during any year shall make a request to the Department in Salem
			 by July 1st of the preceding year on forms provided by the
			 Department;
(b) The Department
			 shall assume that municipal water users intend to pump a quantity of water
			 equivalent to the average pumped for the previous three (3) years, unless the
			 municipal water user informs the Department otherwise by July 1st;
(c) Except as provided in section (5) of this
			 rule, the distribution of groundwater for any authorized use except municipal
			 use shall be based on the priority dates of the water rights within the
			 individual subarea;
(d) In
			 determining the amount of groundwater each water user is allocated to pump
			 during the next calendar year or irrigation season, the Department may
			 consider:
(A) Requests for allocations
			 received;
(B) The sustainable
			 annual yield;
(C) The limits of the
			 groundwater rights;
(D) The
			 relative dates of priority, with preference given without regard to priority
			 date for municipal use;
(E)
			 Historical usage;
(F) Whether or
			 not a water user is physically capable of pumping and putting to a beneficial
			 use the quantity requested; and
(G)
			 Any other factors deemed appropriate by the Department.
(e) The Department shall notify by certified
			 mail with return receipt requested, each water user by August 1st of the amount
			 of groundwater allocated under these rules to each water user for the next
			 calendar year or irrigation season;
(f) Persons who wish to challenge the
			 allocation determined under this rule shall request a hearing before the
			 Department pursuant to ORS
			 183.415 to
			 183.470.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0820 - Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield

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(1) The Department shall determine whether a
			 reasonably stable water level was achieved in the basalt groundwater reservoir
			 in each subarea in 1995 and every five years thereafter.
(2) For any subarea in which a reasonably
			 stable water level was achieved, the Department may increase the sustainable
			 annual yield if the evaluation under section (1) of this rule indicates that
			 more water is available than the existing sustainable annual yield.
(3) For any subarea in which a reasonably
			 stable water level was not achieved, the Department may decrease the
			 sustainable annual yield or modify subarea boundaries, or both, if the
			 evaluation under section (1) of this rule indicates that less water is
			 available than the existing sustainable annual yield.
(4) For any subarea in which a reasonably
			 stable water level was achieved but for which individual wells, in the
			 Director's judgment, show significant water level declines, the Department may
			 propose modification of subarea boundaries.
(5) If the Department proposes to modify
			 sustainable annual yields or subarea boundaries, it shall conduct a rulemaking
			 hearing as part of the basin program.
(6) The Department may propose modification
			 of subarea boundaries or sustainable annual yields at times other than the five
			 year review required in section (1) of this rule.
(7) Individuals with a groundwater right in
			 the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area may petition the Department to modify
			 subarea boundaries or sustainable annual yields under the following conditions:
(a) The petition shall be in
			 writing;
(b) The petition shall
			 contain evidence in support of the proposed modification; and
(c) The petition shall specify the proposed
			 location of the boundary or sustainable annual yield.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0830 - Annual Reporting

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The Department shall publish a report for the Stage Gulch
				Critical Groundwater Area by May 31 of each year. The report shall include the
				water user's name, well locations, permit numbers, priority dates, authorized
				diversions, actual diversion, and water levels.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - ORS
				  536.935 & ORS
				  537.505 - ORS
				  537.745
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 507 - UMATILLA BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-507-0840 - Violation Policy

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Whenever the Department has reason to believe a violation of a
				rule in OAR 690, Division 507 has occurred, it shall investigate. If a
				violation has occurred, the Director may take enforcement
				action.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  536.900 - ORS
				  536.935 & ORS
				  537.505 - ORS
				  537.745
Stats.
				  Implemented:
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0000 - General Classifications

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(1)
			 Stored water may be used for any beneficial purpose.
(2) The storage of up to 900 acre-feet of
			 water for domestic or livestock purposes authorized under water rights with
			 priority dates after November 6, 1992, shall be exempt from regulation for
			 storage of water reserved under OAR 690-508-0110  through 0120.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 536
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  536.220 &
				  536.310
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0010 - Upper Grande Ronde Subbasin

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(1) Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic development of this
			 state and the attainment of the highest and best use of the waters of the Upper
			 Grande Ronde for the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered through
			 utilization of the aforementioned waters only for domestic, livestock,
			 municipal, irrigation, flow augmentation, commercial, agriculture, power
			 development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life uses and
			 the waters of the Upper Grande Ronde Basin are hereby so classified.
(b) Structures or works for the utilization
			 of the waters in accordance with the aforementioned classifications are also
			 declared to be prejudicial to the public interest unless planned, constructed,
			 and operated in conformity with applicable provisions of ORS
			 536.310 and any such structures
			 or works are further declared to be prejudicial to the public interest which do
			 not give proper cognizance to the multiple-purpose concept.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0020 - Middle Grande Ronde Subbasin

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(1) Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic development of this
			 state, the attainment of the highest and best use of the waters of the Middle
			 Grande Ronde Basin, and the attainment of an integrated and coordinated program
			 for the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered through utilization
			 of the aforementioned waters only for domestic, livestock, municipal,
			 irrigation, flow augmentation, commercial, agriculture, power development,
			 industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife and fish life purposes and the waters
			 of the Middle Grande Ronde Basin are hereby so classified.
(b) Structures or works for utilization of
			 the waters in accordance with the aforementioned classifications are also
			 declared to be prejudicial to the public interest unless planned, constructed,
			 and operated in conformity with the applicable provisions of ORS
			 536.310 and any such structures
			 or works are further declared to be prejudicial to the public interest which do
			 not give proper cognizance to the multiple-purpose concept.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0030 - Lower Grande Ronde Subbasin

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(1) Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic development of this
			 state, the attainment of the highest and best use of waters of the Lower Grande
			 Ronde Basin, and the attainment of an integrated and coordinated program for
			 the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered through utilization of
			 the aforementioned waters only for domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation,
			 flow augmentation, commercial, agriculture, power development, industrial,
			 mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life uses and the waters of the Lower
			 Grande Ronde Basin are hereby so classified.
(b) Structures or works for the utilization
			 of the waters in accordance with the aforementioned classifications are also
			 declared to be prejudicial to the public interest unless planned, constructed,
			 and operated in conformity with the applicable provisions of ORS
			 536.310 and any such structures
			 or works are further declared to be prejudicial to the public interest which do
			 not give proper cognizance to the multiple-purpose concept.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0040 - Wallowa River Subbasin

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(1)
			 Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic
			 development of this state, the attainment of the highest and best use of the
			 waters of the Wallowa River Basin, and the attainment of an integrated and
			 coordinated program for the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered
			 through utilization of the aforementioned waters only for domestic, livestock,
			 municipal, irrigation, flow augmentation, commercial, agriculture, power
			 development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes
			 and the waters of the Wallowa River Basin are hereby so classified with the
			 following specific exceptions:
(A) The
			 maximum economic development of this state, the attainment of the highest and
			 best use of the waters of the Minam River Basin, and the attainment of an
			 integrated and coordinated program for the benefit of the state as a whole,
			 will be furthered through utilization of the aforementioned waters only for
			 domestic, livestock, irrigation, recreation, wildlife, and fish life uses and
			 the waters of the Minam River Basin are hereby so classified.
(B) Further, no out-of-basin diversions of
			 waters of the Minam River shall be permitted for any use.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 508 - GRANDE RONDE BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-508-0050 - Imnaha River Subbasin

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(1)
			 Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic
			 development of the state, the attainment of the highest and best use of the
			 waters of the Imnaha River Basin, and the attainment of an integrated and
			 coordinated program for the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered
			 through utilization of the aforementioned waters only for domestic, livestock,
			 municipal, irrigation, flow augmentation, commercial, agriculture, power
			 development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes
			 and the waters of the Imnaha River Basin are hereby so classified.
(b) Structures or works for the utilization
			 of the waters in accordance with the aforementioned classifications are also
			 declared to be prejudicial to the public interest unless planned, constructed,
			 and operated in conformity with applicable provisions of ORS
			 536.310 and any such structures
			 or works are further declared to be prejudicial to the public interest which do
			 not give proper cognizance to the multiple-purpose concept.