OAR 690-507-0640: Butter Creek CGWA: Duties of Water Users

(1) Appropriation of groundwater from the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area is prohibited unless the water user meets the requirements of section (2) to (5) of this rule. (2) A water user authorized by OAR 690-507-0670 to pump water from the basalt groundwater reservoir shall satisfy the following conditions: (a) Wells shall have an access port with a minimum diameter of 3/4 inch. The access shall be adequate to determine the water level at any time. (b) A water user may install a functioning airline with a pressure gauge in addition to the access port. The airline shall be calibrated and yield accurate data. The airline shall not enter the well through the access port. The airline shall be adequate to determine the water level at any time. (c) A water user shall install and maintain a totalizing flow meter on each well authorized by OAR 690-507-0670. The meter shall meet the requirements of OAR 690-507-0645. (3) A water user shall record flow meter and power meter readings on a weekly basis at times when water is being used. The water user shall use forms provided by the Department and shall mail the readings to the Department in Salem by December 1st of the same year. (4) A water user shall report broken flow meters to the watermaster in Pendleton within 48 hours after determining that the flow meter is broken. A water user shall not appropriate for more than 30 days without an operating flow meter. While the flow meter is broken, the water user shall record daily the hours the pump operates, the power meter reading and the time the power meter was read. The water user shall mail the data to the Department in Salem within one week of the installation of the repaired or replacement flow meter. The data shall include a statement of the initial reading on the newly installed flow meter and the current power meter reading. The water user shall notify the watermaster within 48 hours of installing the repaired or replacement flow meter. (5) A water user shall notify the Department prior to commencing any repair or modification work on a pump or well. A water user shall mail a description of the repair or modification work to the Department within ten days of the completion of the repair or modification.