§ 1735 Water Transfer Petitions

• •You can ask the board to move water or water rights to a new place or use it for something else for more than one year.
• •This is only for long-term changes, not short ones.
• •The board will look at your request and decide if it's okay.

A farmer wants to use water from a river to water crops on a different field for the next five years.

The farmer needs to ask the board for permission to move the water to the new field for more than one year. The board will check if this is a good idea.