Water Right Applications, Forms & Fees

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Many water right applications require a Public Land Survey System (PLSS) legal description for your property. Enter your address or county parcel number in this tool to find your PLSS description and to create a map to attach to your application.

Address Changes

• Change in Address

Beneficial Use

• Notice of Abandonment of Water Right
• Statement of Completion for Submitting Proof of Beneficial Use
• Instructions for Filing Proof of Beneficial Use and Fee Schedule
• Request for Extension of Time for Proof of Beneficial Use
• Instructions for Filing a Request for Extension of Time to Submit Proof of Beneficial Use
• Request to Reinstate a Permit Lapsed more than Sixty Days
• Application for Extension of Time to Avoid Forfeiture of a Water Right
• Resumption of Beneficial Use - Use when proving resumption of use for a water right, after an Application for Extension of Time to Avoid Forfeiture was granted.

Changes in Use

• Application for Transfer of Water Right
• Application for Transfer of Water Right - Point(s) of Diversion
• Application for Transfer of Water Right Part 2B
• Application for Transfer Instructions
• Application for Transfer Additional POD/POU Supplement
• Application for Transfer Description of Rights after Transfer Supplement
• Request for Extension of Time to Complete Transfer
• Withdrawal of Application for Transfer
• Temporary Change Application
• Application for Exchange of Water
• Instructions for Completing an Application for Exchange of Water
• Application for Amendment of a Permit
• Application for Amendment Additional POD/POU Supplement
• Application for Amendment Season/Purpose of Use Supplement
• Withdrawal of Application for Amendment of Permit

New Water Rights

• Application for Permit
• Application for Permit Instructions
• Application for Permit Additional POD/POU Supplement
• Application for Permit Season of Use/Purpose of Use Supplement
• Application for Temporary Approval of Water Appropriation
• Instructions for Filing Application for Temporary Approval of Water Appropriation
• Affidavit for Water Rights to be Used for Power Purposes
• Relinquishment of a Permit
• Withdrawal of Application for Permit

Claim an Existing Water Use

• Statutory Claim to a Water Right - For a claim not involved in the SRBA or NIA.
• Instructions for Filing a Statutory Claim to a Water Right
• Point of Diversion/Place of Use Supplement Page
• Season of Use/Purpose of Use Supplement Page

Examiners

• Beneficial Use Field Report
• Certified Water Rights Examiner Application
• Point of Diversion/Place of Use Supplement Page
• Season of Use/Purpose of Use Supplement Page

Instream Stockwater Notices

• Notice of Diversion as an Alternative to Instream Stockwater Use
• Instructions for Filing a Notice of Diversion as an Alternative to Instream Stockwater Use

Ownership

Idaho law requires all new water right owners and/or permit holders to notify IDWR of a change in ownership.

• Notice of Change in Water Right Ownership - Use this form to notify IDWR of a change in ownership of a water right, statutory claim or adjudication claim.
• Assignment of Permit - Use this form to convey ownership of a permit to appropriate water to a new owner.
• Assignment of Application for Permit - Use this form to convey ownership of an application for permit to appropriate water to a new owner.
• Notice of Security Interest in a Water Right - Request for notification of change in ownership or action to amend, transfer, or modify a water right.
• Assignment of Application for Transfer - Use this form to assign ownership of an application for transfer to a new person or entity. Both the original applicant and the new applicant must complete a portion of the form.

Protest

• Notice of Protest

Land Application of Effluent Notices

• Notice of Land Application of Effluent

Water Bank

Notice of fee change: A rule adopted by the Idaho State Legislature requires a $250 fee be submitted with all lease applications effective April 8, 2011. If you are submitting more than one lease application and the rights have a common place of use or common diversion rate or common diversion volume, the combined maximum fee is $500.

• Application to Sell or Lease a Water Right to the Water Supply Bank
• Application to Rent Water from the Water Supply Bank
• Request to Release a Water Right from the Bank
• Request to Extend Lease Term

Fee Schedules

• Application for Permit, Statutory Claim & Amendment of Permit
• Application for Transfer or Exchange
• License Examination