OAR 690-018-0020: Definitions

The following definitions apply in OAR 690, division 18 and to any applications submitted or certificates issued under these rules. (1) "Affected local government" means any local government, as defined in OAR 690-005-0015, within whose jurisdiction water is or would be diverted, conveyed, or used under a proposed or approved order allocating conserved water. (2) "Commission" means the Water Resources Commission. (3) "Conservation" means the reduction of the amount of water diverted to satisfy an existing beneficial use achieved either by improving the technology or method for diverting, transporting, applying or recovering the water or by implementing other approved conservation measures. (4) "Conserved Water" means that amount of water that results from conservation measures, measured as the difference between: (a) The smaller of the amount stated on the water right or the maximum amount of water that can be diverted using the existing facilities; and (b) The amount of water needed after implementation of conservation measures to meet the beneficial use under the water right certificate. (5) "Conserved Water Right" means any water right established by allocation of a quantity of water, that results from the savings of a conservation measure pursuant to OAR 690-018-0010 to 690-018-0090. (6) "Department" means the Water Resources Department. (7) "Director" means the Water Resources Director. (8) "Instream Water Right" means a water right held in trust by the Water Resources Department for the benefit of the people of the State of Oregon to maintain water instream for public use. (9) "Project costs" means the estimated total projected expenditures and in-kind contributions for a conservation project including but not limited to the costs of engineering, constructing, and monitoring the project and the present value of the incremental change in costs for up to 20 years of operations and maintenance that would not be incurred or realized in the absence of the project. (10) “Water use subject to transfer” means a water use established by: (a) An adjudication under ORS Chapter 539 as evidenced by a court decree; (b) A water right certificate; (c) A water use permit for which a request for issuance of a water right certificate under ORS 537.250 has been received and approved by the Water Resources Commission under ORS 537.250; or (d) A transfer application for which an order approving the change has been issued under ORS 540.530 and for which proper proof of completion of the change has been filed with the Water Resources Commission.