The definitions in this rule, along with the definitions in OAR 690-008-0001 and 690-300-0010, apply to the rules in OAR chapter 690, division 380. Where a term is defined in more than one rule, the definition in this rule applies.

1. (1) “District” means an irrigation district formed under ORS Chapter 545, a drainage district formed under Chapter 547, a water improvement district formed under Chapter 552, a water control district formed under Chapter 553 or a corporation organized under Chapter 554.

2. (2) “Enlargement” means an expansion of a water right and includes, but is not limited to:

   1. (a) Using a greater rate or duty of water per acre than currently allowed under a right;
   2. (b) Increasing the acreage irrigated under a right;
   3. (c) Failing to keep the original place of use from receiving water from the same source; or
   4. (d) Diverting more water at the new point of diversion or appropriation than is legally available to that right at the original point of diversion or appropriation.
3. (3) “Injury” or “Injury to an existing water right” means a proposed transfer or permit amendment would result in another, existing water right not receiving previously available water to which it is legally entitled.
4. (4) “Layered” means a situation in which there are multiple water uses subject to transfer, permits, or certificates of registration that are appurtenant to the same place of use and that have been issued for the purpose of irrigation.
5. (5) “ODFW” means the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
6. (6) “Point of appropriation” means a well or the pump location on a sump at which ground water is withdrawn from the ground for use under a ground water right.
7. (7) “Point of diversion” means the place at which surface water is diverted from a surface water source as specified in the water right. It may be the head of a ditch, a pump suction line, the center line of a dam, or other point at which control is taken of surface water.
8. (8) “Primary water right” means the water right designated by the Commission as the principal water supply for the authorized use, or if no designation has been made, the water right designated by the applicant as the principal water supply for the authorized use.
9. (9) “Report of ownership information” means a document prepared by a title company that includes ownership and a legal description of the lands to which the water right is appurtenant.
10. (10) “Supplemental water right or permit” means an additional appropriation of water to make up a deficiency in supply from an existing water right. A supplemental water right or permit is used in conjunction with a primary water right.
11. (11) “Water right conveyance agreement” means a purchase and sale agreement, deed, or other document that has been recorded in the deed records by the relevant county describing land to which a water right is appurtenant and demonstrating that the interest in that land and the interest in the appurtenant water right have been separately conveyed.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 536.025 & ORS 536.027

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 540.510 - 540.532 & Or Laws 2025, ch 575

History

WRD 3-2026, amend filed 03/20/2026, effective 04/01/2026
WRD 1-2009, f. & cert. ef. 6-18-09
WRD 5-2006, f. & cert. ef. 10-6-06
WRD 8-2004, f. & cert. ef. 11-5-04
WRD 2-2003, f. & cert. ef. 5-1-03, Renumbered from 690-015-0005
WRD 5-1996, f. & cert. ef. 7-11-96
WRD 10-1988, f. & cert. ef. 8-10-88
WRD 7-1987, f. & ef. 6-11-87