Seventeen thousand eight hundred (17,800) acre-feet of unappropriated water of the South Fork Burnt River and tributaries upstream of Unity reservoir are reserved for storage by the Burnt River Irrigation District in multipurpose reservoirs to be constructed in the future. The priority date of the reservation is June 5, 1992. In accordance with ORS 537.249, a reservoir permit authorizing the storing of the water reserved under this rule shall be granted precedence over instream water rights in the Burnt River subbasin.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 537

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 537.249 & 537.356

History

WRD 3-2000, f. & cert. ef. 5-26-00
WRD 4-1996, f. & cert. ef. 3-15-96