A separate application is required for each water right permit proposed to be amended. Each permit amendment application shall be prepared in ink or typewritten on forms provided by the Department. Permit amendment applications shall contain the following information concerning the permit and any other appurtenant water right, permit, or water use, if applicable:

1. (1) Applicant’s name, mailing address, email address (if available), and telephone number.
2. (2) Type of change proposed.
3. (3) Name of the record holder appearing on the water right permit or, if the permit has been assigned pursuant to ORS 537.220 and OAR 690-320-0060, the name of the new record holder to whom the water right permit has been assigned. If the applicant is not the water right permit holder of record, the permit amendment application shall be accompanied by a request for assignment under OAR 690-320-0060 and the appropriate fee required in ORS 536.050 for filing and recording the assignment.
4. (4) The time specified in the permit to perfect the water right, or the time specified in the last-approved extension of time to perfect the water right permit. If the specified time to perfect the water right permit has expired, or will expire in 120 days or less, the Department may return the application. A water right permit for which the specified time to perfect the water right has expired is not subject to amendment under ORS 537.211.
5. (5) Application number and permit number.
6. (6) Source of water listed on the water right permit.
7. (7) Date of priority.
8. (8) The location of the existing authorized and proposed points of diversion or appropriation located accurately in reference to a public land survey corner.
9. (9) The existing authorized use of water.
10. (10) The existing authorized place of use identified by its location within the public land survey and tax lot number.
11. (11) The proposed place of use, if applicable, shall be identified by its location within the public land survey and, if the applicant is not a municipality as defined in ORS 540.510(3)(b), by tax lot number and name and address of each tax lot owner(s) other than the applicant.
12. (12) Reason for the proposed change.
13. (13) A map prepared pursuant to the requirements of OAR 690-380-3100, except it need not be prepared by a certified water right examiner.

14. (14) Land use information as outlined in the Department’s Land Use Planning Procedures Guide, except for those permit amendments that meet the following four requirements:

    1. (a) Where existing and proposed water uses would be located entirely within lands zoned for exclusive farm use as provided in ORS 215.203 or within irrigation districts;
    2. (b) That involve changes in place of use only;
    3. (c) That do not involve the placement or modification of structures including but not limited to water diversion, impoundment, or distribution facilities, water wells, and well houses; and
    4. (d) That involve irrigation water uses only.
15. (15) If the request is for a change in point of appropriation, or a change in point of diversion to allow the appropriation of groundwater, copies of water well reports for the authorized and proposed point of appropriation. If water well reports are not available, a description of the construction of each well, including but not limited to, well depth, static water level, casing size, and any other necessary information to establish the groundwater body developed or proposed to be developed.

16. (16) A listing of the names and mailing addresses of:

    1. (a) All affected Tribal governments and local governments, including but not limited to, county, city, municipal corporations, and
    2. (b) Any district in which the affected water right permit is located or that serves the permit and any district in which the affected permit would be located or that would serve the permit after the proposed permit amendment.
17. (17) An oath that the information contained in the application is true and accurate.
18. (18) The signature of the applicant, and if an entity, the title of the person signing the form.
19. (19) The appropriate fee as required under ORS 536.050.
20. (20) The Department may require the applicant to provide any additional information related to the proposed permit amendment that is necessary in determining whether to approve the application.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 536.025 & ORS 536.027

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 537.211 & Or Laws 2025, ch 282

History

WRD 3-2026, adopt filed 03/20/2026, effective 04/01/2026