OAR 690-502-0250: Special Columbia River Basalt Group Aquifer Permit Conditions

New permits issued to appropriate groundwater from Columbia River Basalt Group aquifers shall be specially conditioned. The conditions shall specify: (1) A static water level measurement be made and submitted before any use of water may commence at the well; (2) The permittee/appropriator install a meter or other suitable measuring device approved by the Director and submit an annual report of water used to the Department; (3) Limits on acceptable amounts of depletion and interference with other users; (4) Use of water from the well be controlled or shut off if limits specified in the permit to protect the resource from depletion, and prior appropriators from interference, are exceeded; (5) The Department shall determine, from measurements submitted by the permittee/appropriator, or other data on file in the department, the initial and subsequent water levels from which the previously cited declines are referenced; (6) Following the issuance of a permit, the permittee/appropriator shall measure the water levels in the permitted well each year between March 1 and March 31 (spring high-water level) and submit the data to the Department within 90 days of measurement. Water level measurements shall be made by a certified water rights examiner, licensed water well driller, licensed pump installer, registered geologist, licensed land surveyor, registered professional engineer or the permittee/appropriator; (7) Any other conditions derived from OAR 690, division 008 as deemed necessary to protect the groundwater resource.