§ 5941 Hatchery Water Use Permission

• •If you own a place with water, you must let a hatchery use it for free.
• •You can't charge money for the water the hatchery uses.
• •This rule has been around since 1957.

A farmer has a pond on their land, and a fish hatchery nearby needs water to raise baby fish.

The farmer must let the hatchery take water from the pond without paying any money.