IDWR: Adjudication protects, preserves water rights
The Idaho Department of Water Resources has sent out 5,000 notices about the water adjudication process water rights claims to owners of property primarily located in the northwestern portion of Bonner County and western Boundary County, including the Priest River drainage. The basin includes the communities of Coolin and Priest River. Later, notices of claim filing requirements will be mailed to landowners located in most of central and eastern Bonner County.
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SANDPOINT — Contrary to what a Bonner County resident is claiming in a YouTube video, the state’s water adjudication process aims to protect and document users’ existing rights.
"The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille River Basin Adjudication enables existing water users to claim the quantities and priority dates for their water rights and have them recognized by an Idaho Court decree," Idaho Department of Water Resources officials said in a press release...
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