ORS 537.500: Legal status of conserved water right.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A water right for conserved water under ORS 537.455 to 537.500 and 540.510 shall have the same legal status as any other water right for which a certificate has been issued. (2) A water right for conserved water that is reserved in stream for future out-of-stream use under ORS 537.490 or that the commission manages under ORS 537.495 is not subject to cancellation under ORS 537.260 or 537.410 to 537.450 or to abandonment or forfeiture under ORS 540.610 to 540.650. [1987 c.264 §10; 1989 c.699 §3] GROUND WATER (Generally)
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 537.455.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 690-013-0005: Introduction — implements
- OAR 690-013-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0030: Eligibility to Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0050: Individual Applications — implements
- OAR 690-013-0070: Interim Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-013-0100: District Petitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0110: Requests for Additional Information — implements
- OAR 690-013-0150: District Shall Certify Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0310: Processing of Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0350: Field Verification of the Petition and Map — implements
- OAR 690-018-0010: Purpose and Applicability — implements
- OAR 690-018-0012: Allocation Formula and Process — implements
- OAR 690-018-0014: Timing of applications — implements
- OAR 690-018-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-018-0025: District Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-018-0040: Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-018-0050: Processing a Conservation Application and Approval of a Conservation Project — implements
- OAR 690-018-0062: Completion of Conservation Project and Testing Period — implements
- OAR 690-018-0065: Finalization of Conservation Project — implements
- OAR 690-018-0080: Management of Conserved Water — implements
- OAR 690-018-0090: Change in Use of Conserved Water — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 537.455 — resolved
- 537.500 — resolved
- 540.510 — resolved
- ORS 537.490 — resolved
- ORS 537.495 — resolved
- ORS 537.260 — resolved
- 537.410 — resolved
- 537.450 — resolved
- ORS 540.610 — resolved
- 540.650 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 536.050: Fees; rules; refunds; waiver and reduction of certain fees.
- ORS 537.455: Definitions for ORS 537.455 to 537.500 and 540.510.
- ORS 537.463: Applicability of ORS 537.455 to 537.500.
- ORS 537.480: Rules; criteria for evaluating allocation and determining mitigation required.
- ORS 541.651: Definitions for ORS 541.651 to 541.696.
- ORS 568.950: Agricultural water management technical assistance program.
- OAR 690-018-0010: Purpose and Applicability
- OAR 690-018-0025: District Requirements
- OAR 690-086-0010: Purpose
- OAR 690-086-0250: Agricultural Water Conservation Element
- OAR 690-093-0020: Definitions
- OAR 690-380-0010: Purpose
- OAR 690-505-0605: Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Definitions
- OAR 690-505-0610: Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Mitigation Obligation and Mitigation Standards
- OAR 690-521-0200: Definitions
- OAR 690-521-0300: Establishing Mitigation Credits
- OAR 695-046-0020: Definitions
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html