Temporary water transfer for irrigation.

89-03-01-10.1. Temporary water transfer for irrigation. To accommodate annual crop rotation requirements, the holder of a water permit for irrigation may make a request to the department for the temporary transfer of the volume of water appropriated from an approved point of diversion to another tract of land. The transfer must be made for an entire irrigation season and conform to the terms and conditions of the water permit, except that no water right will accrue to the land under temporary irrigation. Irrigation may not take place on the tract of land from which the transfer is made during that irrigation season. The request for a transfer must be made by May fifteenth of the year the transfer is to be in effect. History: Effective August 1, 1994; amended effective January 1, 2023. 6 General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-04-02.1