Water RightState of Idaho
DEPARTMENT OF WATER "SOURCES
Western Region, 2735 Airport Way - Boise, Idaho 83705-5082
Phone: (208) 334-2190 - Fax: (208) 334-2348 - Web Site: www.idwr.idaho.gov
May 26, 2015
CITY OF MERIDIAN
33 E BROADWAY AVE
MERIDIAN ID 83642
RE: Permit No. 63-34023
Permit Approval Notice
Dear Permit Holder:
C. L. "BUTCH" OTTER
r--nr
GARY SPACKMAN
Director
The Department of Water Resources has issued the enclosed permit authorizing you
to establish a new water right. Please be sure to thoroughly review the conditions of
approval and remarks listed on your permit.
The permit is a PRELIMINARY ORDER issued by the Department pursuant to Section
67-5243, Idaho Code. It can and will become a final order without further action by the
Department unless a party petitions for reconsideration or files an exception and/or
brief within fourteen (14) days of the service date as described in the enclosed
information sheet.
As a permit owner you must commence the excavation or construction of the diverting
works within one year of the date the permit was issued, and you must proceed
diligently until the project is completed. The date shown under condition no. 1 is the
date when the project must be completed.
The Department will send you a 'Proof Due Notice' approximately 60 days prior to the
above referenced date requesting you to file either a Proof of Beneficial Use form or a
Request for Extension of Time form.
The right to drill a well is not a part of this permit to appropriate water. Beginning in
July of 1987, a statute was enacted which requires a drilling permit for new well
construction and deepening of existing wells. If the well(s) proposed for use under this
water right permit were drilled or deepened after July 1, 1987, a separate drilling
permit must be obtained from this Department. Please contact the Ground Water
Protection Section located here at this office or our regional office nearest you.
Also, please note that water right owners are required to report any change of water
right ownership and/or mailing address to the Department within 120 days of the
change. Failure to report these changes could result in a $100 late filing fee. Contact
any office of the Department or visit the Department's homepage on the Internet to
obtain the proper forms and instructions.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (208)334-2190.
Sincerely,
Jeff Peppersack
Interim Manager, Western Region
Enclosure(s)
cc: SPF WATER ENGINEERING LLC
Page 1 State of Idaho
Department of Water Resources
Permit to Appropriate Water
NO. 63-34023
Priority: December 10, 2014 Maximum Diversion Rate: 0.90 CFS
This is to certify, that CITY OF MERIDIAN
33 E BROADWAY AVE
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 ANNUAL VOLUME
IRRIGATION 03/01 to 11/15 0.90 CFS
AESTHETIC STORAGE 01/01 to 12/31 13.2 AF
DIVERSION TO STORAGE 01/01 to 12/31 0.90 CFS
LOCATION OF POINT(S) OF DIVERSION:
GROUND WATER SE1/4SW1/4 Sec. 4, Twp 03N, Rge 01W, B.M. ADA County
GROUND WATER SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 4, Twp 03N, Rge 01W, B.M. ADA County
PLACE OF USE: IRRIGATION
Twp Rge Sec I NE I NW I SW SE
I NE j NW j SW j SE j NE j NW j SW j SE j NE j NW j SW SE j NE j NW j SW j SE j Totals
03N 01W 4 i I� I� .3 .7 28.0 16.01 I� 45.0
Total Acres: 45
PLACE OF USE: AESTHETIC STORAGE
Twp Rge Sec I NE I NW I SW I SE
j NE j NW j SW j SE j NE j NW j SW j SE j NE j NW j SW j SEj NE j NW j SW j SE j Totals
03N 01W 4 x x
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
1. Proof of application of water to beneficial use shall be submitted on or before June 01, 2020.
2. Subject to all prior water rights.
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Department of Water Resources
Permit to Appropriate Water
NO. 63-34023
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 0.02 cfs per acre nor more
than 4.5 afa per acre at the field headgate for irrigation of the place of use.
5. Right 63-34023 authorizes the diversion of an annual total of 13.2 acre-feet to be used for the initial
filling of the pond and for the replacement of losses caused by evaporation from the pond.
6. The right holder shall install and maintain an impermeable liner in the pond to eliminate seepage
losses.
7. 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 the surface water supply is not reasonably
sufficient to irrigate the place of use authorized under this right.
8. 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.
9. This right when combined with all other rights shall provide no more than 0.02 cfs per acre nor
exceed a combined annual maximum diversion volume of 202.5 of at the field headgate for the
place of use.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Right holder shall comply with the drilling permit requirements of Section 42-235, Idaho Code and
applicable Well Construction Rules of the Department.
This permit is issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 42-204, Idaho Code. Witness the signature of
the Director, affixed at Boise, this 2 2— day of 2015.
JEFF PEPPERSACK
Interim Western Region Manager