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<br />M 15~1 <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br /> <br />".; <br />~~l <br /> <br />waste for the purpose for which the,. appropriation is lawfully <br /> <br />made.,..'. <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />!' <br /> <br />The amount of water diverted for use directly from a water course is <br />measured in cubic feet per second. The amount of water stored fn, a <br />reservoir !is measured in acre-feet. <br />Beneficial uses include domestic, agricultural, and, industrial <br />uses, but also include impoundment of water for recreation purposes, <br />including fish and wildlife. Appropriation by the state to pr,ovide <br />water for !minimum flows Of natural streams and levels of lakes is also <br />considered! a beneficial use. <br />Prior:ities among beneficial uses do not affect the rule of "first <br />in time is first in right." However, a preferred water use (for example, <br />domestic ~se) can take water by public condemnation from a less- <br />preferrediuse (for example, agriculture), but only by payment of just <br />compensaticln . <br />Water' rights are dated from the time when the first clearappropri- <br />ative step was taken, assuming that the water project then contemplated <br />was diligently pursued. <br />Water rights may be sold separate from land. They may also be <br />exchanged.. But exchanges or transfers of water may not injure any <br />existing vhted rights. <br />Groun~water is also subject to regulation. With respect to use of <br />non-tribut,ry groundwaters (i.e., those subsurface waters which are not <br />hydraulically connected to natural streams), permits are required. <br /> <br />i:", <br /> <br /><'.: <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />'n <br /> <br /> <br />>,.! <br />~;'1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"". <br /> <br />J <br />~; :11 <br />.' "," <br />. _ ,~.'.;"it:~. '.~,.w.. i},~;:~l <br /> <br />. .~ iF' <br />