Water Districts &
Other Water-Related Districts

Water Measurement Districts

In 1995 the Idaho Legislature passed Section 42-706 of Idaho Code that authorized the IDWR Director to create Water Measurement Districts to accomplish measurement and reporting of diversions outside of established water districts. Specific legislative intent was given to creating measurement districts as expeditiously as possible within the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA). Water Measurement Districts are limited to the measurement and reporting of diversions within the district, and to assess members for the costs of such work. In October of 1996, the IDWR Director created three Water Measurement Districts within the ESPA. However, those measurement districts have since been replaced by water districts that were created and/or expanded within the ESPA between 2002 and 2007 (refer to Water Districts 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140).

Water Measurement Districts