Permit ApprovalPage 1 State of Idaho
Department of Water Resources
Permit to Appropriate eater
NO. 63-34034
Priority: January 29, 2015 Maximum Diversion Rate: 0.90 CFS
This is to certify, that CITY OF MERIDIAN
33 E BROADWAY STE 206
MERIDIAN ID 83642
has applied for a permit to appropriate water from:
Source: GROUND WATER
and a permit is APPROVED for development of water as follows:
BENEFICIAL USE PERIOD OF USE RATE OF DIVERSION
IRRIGATION 03/01 to 11/15 0.90 CFS
LOCATION OF POINTS OF DIVERSION:
GROUND WATER L4 (SW 1/4SW1/4) Sec. 7, Twp 03N, Rge 01 E, B.M. ADA County
PLACE OF USE: IRRIGATION
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Total Acres: 19
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
1. Proof of application of water to beneficial use shall be submitted on or before September 01, 2020.
2. Subject to all prior water rights.
3. Project construction shall commence within one year from the date of permit issuance and shall
proceed diligently to completion unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Director of the
Department of Water Resources that delays were due to circumstances over which the permit
holder had no control.
4. This right when combined with all other rights shall provide no more than 4.5 afa per acre at the field
headgate for irrigation of the place of use.
5. This right when combined with all other rights shall not exceed a combined annual maximum
diversion volume of 72 of at the field headgate for the place of use.
6. The ground water diversion rate for this right shall not exceed 0.90 cfs. Provided, further, this right
when combined with all other rights shall provide no more than one (1) inch, 0.02 cfs, per acre when
averaged over a twenty-four hour period based upon the amount of water applied over such
twenty-four hour period. However, should the lands authorized to be irrigated under this right ever
cease to be a school, park, cemetery, or golf course recognized by the Department as allowing
more than one (1) inch per acre, then this right when combined will all other rights shall provide no
more than one (1) inch, 0.02 cfs, per acre at the field headgate for irrigation of the place of use.
7. This right is limited to the irrigation of 16 acres within the authorized place of use in a single
irrigation season.
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Department of Water Resources
Permit to Appropriate Water
NO. 63-34034
8. The primary surface irrigation water for the place of use authorized under this right is delivered by
Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District.
9. The right holder shall make full beneficial use of all surface water rights available to the right holder
for irrigation of the lands authorized to be irrigated under this right. The right holder shall limit the
diversion of ground water under this right for land with an appurtenant surface water right(s) to those
times when the surface water supply is not available or reasonably sufficient to irrigate the place of
use authorized under this right.
10. If the surface water right(s) appurtenant to the place of use is unavailable for any reason other than
drought or curtailment by priority (for example abandoned, forfeited, sold, transferred, leased, used
on another place of use, or disallowed by court decree), this right to divert ground water shall not be
used for irrigation purposes on the land with an appurtenant surface water right(s) without an
approved transfer pursuant to Section 42-222, Idaho Code, or approval of the Department if a
transfer is not required.
11. After specific notification by the Department, the right holder shall install a suitable measuring
device or shall enter into an agreement with the Department to use power records to determine the
amount of water diverted and shall annually report the information to the Department.
12. This right does not grant any right-of-way or easement across the land of another.
13. Right holder shall comply with the drilling permit requirements of Section 42-235, Idaho Code and
applicable Well Construction Rules of the Department.
14. The Director retains jurisdiction to require the right holder to provide purchased or leased natural
flow or stored water to offset depletion of Lower Snake River flows if needed for salmon migration
purposes. The amount of water required to be released into the Snake River or a tributary, if
needed for this purpose, will be determined by the Director based upon the reduction in flow caused
by the use of water pursuant to this permit.
This permit is issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 42-204, Idaho Code. Witness the signature of
the Director, affixed at Boise, this d Zle day of ,r r S , 2015.
s GARY SPACKMAN, Director