Unless the context requires otherwise, in 85-2-343 and this section, the following definitions apply:
- (1) "Application" means an application for a beneficial water use permit pursuant to 85-2-302 or a state water reservation pursuant to 85-2-316.
- (2) "Nonconsumptive use" means a beneficial use of water that does not cause a reduction in the source of supply and in which substantially all of the water returns without delay to the source of supply, causing little or no disruption in stream conditions.
- (3) "Upper Missouri River basin" means the drainage area of the Missouri River and its tributaries above Morony dam.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 385, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 497, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 391, L. 2007.