Sections
9 entriesSection 1414Establishes priority among appropriators according to time, giving the earlier appropriator the superior right over a later appropriator. The rule makes chronological…Section 1415Requires a person seeking to appropriate water to post written notice at the intended diversion point stating the amount claimed, purpose and…Section 1416Requires a water claimant generally to begin excavation, construction, or necessary survey, road, or trail work within 60 days after posting notice…Section 1417Defines “completion,” for the applicable water-appropriation rules, as conducting the appropriated waters to the place where they are intended to be used.…Section 1418Establishes that a water claimant who complies with the preceding appropriation rules acquires a right to use the water that relates back…Section 1419Establishes that failure to comply with the governing water-appropriation rules deprives a claimant of the right to use the water against a…Section 1420Requires persons who previously claimed water rights but neither constructed diversion works nor diverted and beneficially used the water to proceed under…Section 1421Requires each county recorder to keep a book for recording the notices required under the applicable title. The duty applies to every…Section 1422Extends the time to begin water-diversion works located in a national park, forest reservation, or other public reservation to 60 days after…