Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 250 - WATER DISTRIBUTION › Section 690-250-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
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.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 540
Stats. Implemented: ORS 540