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<br /> <br />bound by this statute, each department has issued significantly different permitting <br /> <br /> <br />regulations for rights-of-way on lands under their management, <br /> <br /> <br />9. Measure of the Aoorooriative Right <br /> <br /> <br />The concept of beneficial use not only prescribes the uses for which water <br /> <br /> <br />may be diverted, it is also the basis for determining or measuring the water right. <br /> <br /> <br />No one may divert more water than is reasonably needed for the intended use, This <br /> <br /> <br />amount may vary, depending on the nature, place, and time of use. Water usage is <br /> <br /> <br />not limited to a specific season, but to the needs of a specific beneficial use, <br /> <br /> <br />depending on the circumstances in each case. <br /> <br /> <br />Direct now rights and storage rights for future use are recognized but there <br /> <br /> <br />can be no such right obtained for speculative purposes, The problem of speculation <br /> <br /> <br />arises when an attempt is made to appropriate water for use by persons other than the <br /> <br /> <br />claimant, where no contractual or direct agency relationship exists between the <br /> <br /> <br />claimant and the ultimate user, <br /> <br /> <br />Direct now rights are measured by the rate of now in cubic feet per second. <br /> <br /> <br />A direct now water right is entitled to a certain rate of now, usually determined by <br /> <br /> <br />the duty of water, and limited by the capacity of the ditch or canal, and applied for <br /> <br /> <br />such periods of time as may be reasonably necessary to fulfill the appropriator's <br /> <br /> <br />announced purpose at the time the appropriation is made, Storage rights are <br /> <br /> <br />Quantified in a volumetric manner and are usually limited to the capacity of the <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir in acre-feet of water. <br /> <br /> <br />Appropriators are entitled to be supplied in the order of their priorities, The <br /> <br /> <br />most senior appropriator is entitled to be supplied to the full extent of the original <br /> <br /> <br />appropriation, even when there is insufficient water in the river to meet the demands <br /> <br /> <br />of junior appropriators, The uses by junior appropriators are curtailed if a senior <br /> <br /> <br />appropriator puts a .call.. on the river to the water commissioners, to satisfy the <br /> <br /> <br />senior's lawful demand for water, The call is, however, subject to the futile call. <br /> <br /> <br />rule: <br /> <br />19 <br />