Alaska Water Use Act

Alaska · Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation · §§ 46.15.010 to 46.15.270 · 44 sections

Overview

This act governs the appropriation and use of water within a state, declaring water to be reserved to the people and establishing a permit system through which rights to divert, store, and use it are acquired. It sets criteria and preferences for granting permits, fixes priority among competing appropriations, provides for determining rights that predate the act, and addresses the reservation of water left in place, temporary use authorizations, transfers and changes of existing appropriations, movement of water between hydrologic units, and abandonment or forfeiture of rights that go unused. Administration rests with a state commissioner alongside a water resources board, backed by administrative and judicial adjudication of competing claims, enforcement powers, criminal penalties, and a right of appeal.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

AS 46.15.010Determination of water rights
AS 46.15.020Authority and duties of the commissioner
AS 46.15.030Water reserved to the people
AS 46.15.035Appropriation or removal of water out of hydrologic units to other hydrologic units; water conservation fee; reservation of water for fish
AS 46.15.037Sale of water by the state
AS 46.15.040Right to appropriate
AS 46.15.050Priority
AS 46.15.060Existing rights
AS 46.15.065Determination of existing rights
AS 46.15.070[Renumbered as AS 46.15.133.]
AS 46.15.080Criteria for issuance of permit
AS 46.15.090Preference in granting permits
AS 46.15.100Terms of permit
AS 46.15.110Time for construction and completion
AS 46.15.120Certificates
AS 46.15.130[Renumbered as AS 46.15.050.]
AS 46.15.133Notices; objections
AS 46.15.135[Renumbered as AS 46.15.065.]
AS 46.15.140Abandonment, forfeiture, and reversion of appropriations
AS 46.15.145Reservation of water
AS 46.15.147[Renumbered as AS 46.15.175.]
AS 46.15.150Preferred use
AS 46.15.155Authorization for temporary use of water
AS 46.15.160Transfer and change of appropriations
AS 46.15.165Administrative adjudications
AS 46.15.166Judicial adjudications
AS 46.15.167Effect of decision
AS 46.15.168Other actions
AS 46.15.169Federal reserved water rights
AS 46.15.170Effect of recording
AS 46.15.175Termination of permit for violation
AS 46.15.180Crimes
AS 46.15.185Appeals
AS 46.15.190The Water Resources Board
AS 46.15.200Term of office
AS 46.15.210Duties of the board
AS 46.15.220Board meetings
AS 46.15.230Public meetings
AS 46.15.240Compensation of board members
AS 46.15.250Enforcement authority
AS 46.15.255Enforcement and costs
AS 46.15.256Data collection authority
AS 46.15.260Definitions
AS 46.15.270Short title

Enacted in other states

Illinois, North Carolina

All Alaska named statutes →

Download

Copy

Embed on your site

Hover to preview · click to copy the code

Search Wikipedia →