Water Rights Bureau
The mission of the Water Rights Bureau is to
assure the orderly appropriation and beneficial
use of Montana's scarce waters.
- Water Right Records Unit
- The Records Unit maintains the central
records system for all permits, changes and certificates issued after June 30, 1973 and for all existing water rights files as part of the statewide adjudication.
- The Records Unit maintains the central
- Water Right Forms
- Forms to
file a new well (602), replacement
well notice (634), controlled ground water area petition and water measurement forms, etc.
- Forms to
file a new well (602), replacement
- Rules
- DNRC Rule Notices
- Administrative Rules
- Montana Code Annotated - Water Use
- New Appropriations Information
- New Appropriations Rules - Updated March 28, 2008
- Water Right Environmental Assessments
- Hearing Information
- Climatic Area References
- Climatic Area Map - Aug 1986
- Irrigation Diversion Standards by Climatic Area (4.62 MB)
- Evaporation Standards
- Estimation of Evaporation from Shallow
Ponds and Impoundments in Montana (11.2 MB) - Pond Evaporation (21.4 MB)
- Water Right Compact (14.6 MB)
- Estimation of Evaporation from Shallow
- Stream Flow Estimation Techniques
- Find A Water Right
- Water Right Query System - Search for a Water Right
- Well Log Data - Ground Water Information Center (GWIC)
- Watershed Data Finder - Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)
- Adjudication Information
- Adjudication Bureau
- HB22 Adjudication Information - What is adjudication?
- General Information
- Regional Offices/Public Assistance
- Water Rights in Montana
- Water Right Dispute Options
- Water Resources Survey Books
- Water Resources Survey Atlas
- River Mile Indexes - Columbia (23 MB) Missouri (38 MB) Yellowstone (17 MB)
- Water Right Informational Brochures
- Controlled Ground Water Areas
- Montana has authority to control or close river basins and aquifers to certain types of water appropriations due to water availablility,
water
contamination problems or for protecting existing water rights. - View Controlled Ground Water Areas (CGWA)
- Montana Basin Closures and Controlled Ground Water Areas - information, types of closures, closure listings, boundary maps.
- Map of Montana Surface Water Closures, Compacts and CGWA
- Proposed Rules for Ground Water Developments in Closed Basins (HB831)
- HB831 Ground Water Permit Information in Closed Basins
- Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission site
- Montana has authority to control or close river basins and aquifers to certain types of water appropriations due to water availablility,
water
- (PDF file links viewable with Acrobat Reader.)
