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WATER APPROPRIATION AND IMPOUNDMENTS

See also IMPOUNDMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERS OF THE STATE

Abandonment of wells, Minn. Rules 6115.0780

Administrative penalties, water use permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.299

Application for permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0660

Assignments, permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Authority for rules, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Conditional approval, Minn. Rules 6115.0670

Conflicting uses, Minn. Rules 6115.0740

Conservation practices, Minn. Rules 6115.0770

Consolidated conservation area lands, Minn. Statutes 2022 84A.55

Construction, maintenance, and repair, petroleum products used for, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Contested cases, water use permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.305, 2022 103G.311

Contingency plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.285

Coordination of rules with other agencies, Minn. Rules 6115.0640

Definitions, Minn. Rules 6115.0630

Demand reduction measures, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.291

Dewatering, conditions, Minn. Rules 6115.0710

Drainage systems, impounding, rerouting, and diverting, Minn. Statutes 2022 103E.227

Environmental assessment worksheets, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4300

Environmental impact statements, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4400

Environmental review, exemptions, Minn. Rules 4410.4600

Excess water, removal, Minn. Rules 6115.0710

Fees

Applications, Minn. Rules 6115.0660

Field inspections, Minn. Rules 6115.0790

Reports, failure to file, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Field investigations, Minn. Rules 6115.0790

Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.801

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

Groundwater, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.305, 2022 103G.287, 2022 116D.04

Hearings

Conservation practices, Minn. Rules 6115.0770

Mining, Minn. Rules 6115.0720

Permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0670, 6115.0750

Termination of permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Use exceeding supply, notice, Minn. Rules 6115.0740

Wells, interference, Minn. Rules 6115.0730

Hennepin County, small watercourses, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.211

Information on permit laws, Minn. Rules 6115.0800

Inspection, field inspections, Minn. Rules 6115.0790

Invasive species infested waters, appropriations from, Minn. Rules 6216.0500

Irrigation, see IRRIGATION

Local permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0760

Management planning process

Generally, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Local permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0760

Measurement of water, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281, 2022 103G.282

Measuring devices, records, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Meters, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Mines and mining, see MINING

Monitoring impacts, reports, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.282

Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Notice

Conservation practices, Minn. Rules 6115.0770

Permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0660, 6115.0750

Termination of permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Use exceeding supply, hearings, Minn. Rules 6115.0740

Peat processing, Minn. Rules 6115.0720

Permits, see Water use permits under this topic

Permits

Amendments, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Applications, review, Minn. Rules 6115.0600

Conditions, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Conservation practices, Minn. Rules 6115.0770

Coordination with other agencies, Minn. Rules 6115.0640

Information on permit laws, Minn. Rules 6115.0800

Issuance, Minn. Rules 6115.0670

Limitations, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Local permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0760

Modification, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Review, Minn. Rules 6115.0600

Suspension, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Termination, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Use exceeding supply, priorities, Minn. Rules 6115.0740

Water supply, Minn. Rules 6115.0690

Wells, interference, Minn. Rules 6115.0730

Plans, use management plans, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Processing minerals, Minn. Rules 6115.0720

Public policy, Minn. Rules 6115.0600

Public waters

Impoundments without permit, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.141

Permits, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, small watercourses, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.211

Pumping capacity, increases to water use permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.275

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Quality management, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Ramsey County, small watercourses, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.211

Records and record keeping

Measurement of water, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281

Monitoring impacts, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.282

Records

Local permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0760

Use of waters, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Red Lake Game Preserve, Minn. Statutes 2022 84A.55

Reports about

Measurement of water, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281

Monitoring impacts, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.282

Noncompliance, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281

Reports, gallons used, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Review of permit applications, Minn. Rules 6115.0600

Rural water user districts

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2022 110A.35

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 110A.28

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 6115.0620

Severability of rules, Minn. Rules 6115.0650

Standards and criteria, Minn. Rules 6115.0610

Statutory authority, Minn. Rules 6115.0600

Surface impoundment pits, ponds, or lagoons, aboveground storage tanks, exclusion from rules, Minn. Rules 7151.1300

Surface use management, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Temporary permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Term of permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Termination of permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Trout streams, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.285

Use management plans, Minn. Rules 6115.0810

Use of water, conflicts, Minn. Rules 6115.0740

Violations and penalties

Administrative penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.299

Public waters, impoundments without permit, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.141

Water use reporting, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281

Water levels for basins, maintaining, Minn. Rules 6115.0700

Water quality and storage program, Minn. Statutes 2022 103F.05

Water supply, see WATER SUPPLY

Water use data statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.275

Water use permits

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.301

Commissioner's orders, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.305, 2022 103G.311

Conditions, drought response plan, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.293

Contested case hearing, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.305, 2022 103G.311

Department action, deadline, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.305

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271, 2022 103G.281, 2022 103G.301

Floods and flood control, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Great Lakes, appropriations from, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.265

Groundwater appropriations, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, small watercourses, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.211

Installations for appropriating or using waters, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.275

Issuance or denial, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.315

Large appropriations, approvals, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.265

Low flow periods, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.285

Measurement of water, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.281

Mined underground space development, Minn. Statutes 2022 469.141

Mining, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.297

Modification, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.291

Monitoring impacts, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.282

Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Past unpermitted use, fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Penalty orders, permit violations, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.299

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Transfer, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Transporting, bulk transport or sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271

Waivers, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.285

Water and Soil Resources Board, interventions, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.305

Waters of the state, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.305

Wells requiring construction approval, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287, 2022 103I.205

Wells

Interference, Minn. Rules 6115.0730, 6115.0750

Irrigation, Minn. Rules 6115.0680

Permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0660