Appropriation of Water Generally
Water right certificate
- issuance
- inclusion of land not described in permit
- recordation
- duration of rights
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Public right to use artificial lake created for recreation on a nonnavigable stream on privately owned land, (1972) Vol 35, p 1202; storage rights to store water for later beneficial use are not subordinate to later priority direct use rights unless made so by explicit conditions imposed on storage right, (1989) Vol 46, p 290
Law Review Citations
33 EL 1019 (2003); 36 EL 1383 (2006)
Notes of Decisions
Water control district, in applying for water appropriation permit for hydroelectric project, was exempt from licensing provisions of ORS 543.010 to 543.620 and needed only to comply with requirements of this chapter. Steamboaters v. Winchester Water Control Dist., 69 Or App 596, 688 P2d 92 (1984), Sup Ct review denied
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Reservation to state of "all coal and other minerals" in deed of land by state as reservation of geothermal resources, (1980) Vol 41, p 298
Law Review Citations
11 EL 387 (1981); 16 EL 583, 592 (1986); 28 WLR 285 (1992)