DNRC SUMMARY REPORT SB330 WATER RESERVATION TEN YEAR REVIEW June 2016 Water Resource Division Water Rights Bureau 1424 9th Avenue P.O. Box 201601 Helena, Montana 59620-1601 http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/water/water-rights for questions call (406) 444-6614 TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Description .............................................................................. …….. 1 Municipal Reservations ……………………………………………………………………………. 2 Yellowstone Final Order ..................................................................... 3 Lower Missouri Final Order................................................................. 5 Upper Missouri Final Order ................................................................. 6 Conservation District Reservations ……………………………………………………………. 8 Yellowstone Final Order …………………………………………………………………. 9 Lower Missouri Final Order …………………………………………………………….. 10 Upper Missouri Final Order …………………………………………………………….. 11 State & Federal Reservations ……………………………………………………………………. 11 Yellowstone Final Order …………………………………………………………………. 12 Upper Missouri Final Order ……………………………………………………………. 13 Appendix A, (Yellowstone Municipal Reservations).…………………………………. 14 Big Timber .......................................................................................…. 15 Billings ................................................................................................. 19 Broadus ............................................................................................... 23 Columbus ............................................................................................ 26 Glendive .................................................................. ………………………… 30 Laurel ................................................................................................. 33 Livingston ........................................................................................... 36 Miles City ............................................................................................ 40 Appendix B, (Lower Missouri Municipal Reservations)................................. 43 Circle ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 44 Culbertson .......................................................................................... 47 Ekalaka ............................................................................................... 51 Fort Peck ............................................................................................ 54 Havre ……............................................................................................ 57 Malta .................................................................................................. 59 Plentywood ........................................................................................ 62 Poplar ………………….............................................................................. 65 Scobey …………..................................................................................... 67 Wibaux ............................................................................................... 71 Wolf Point .......................................................................................... 73 i Appendix C, (Upper Missouri Municipal Reservations) ............................... 76 Belgrade ............................................................................................. 77 Bozeman ............................................................................................. 82 Chester ............................................................................................... 93 Cut Bank ............................................................................................. 94 East Helena ......................................................................................... 96 Fairfield ............................................................................................... 100 Fort Benton ......................................................................................... 104 Great Falls ........................................................................................... 106 Helena ................................................................................................. 111 Lewistown ........................................................................................... 116 Shelby .................................................................................................. 120 Three Forks .......................................................................................... 125 West Yellowstone ................................................................................ 130 Winifred .................................................................. …………………………. 136 Appendix D, (Yellowstone Conservation District Reservations) ..……………….. 139 Big Horn Conservation District ………………………………………………………… 140 Carbon Conservation District ………………………………………………………….. 144 Custer County Conservation District ……………………………………………….. 147 Dawson County Conservation District …………………………………………….. 150 Little Beaver Conservation District ………………………………………………….. 153 Park County Conservation District …………………………………………………… 156 Powder River Conservation District ………………………………………………… 159 Prairie County Conservation District ………………………………………………. 162 Richland County Conservation District …………………………………………… 165 Rosebud Conservation District ………………………………………………………. 168 Stillwater Conservation District ……………………………………………………… 171 Sweet Grass Conservation District ………………………………………………… 174 Treasure Conservation District ………………………………………………………. 177 Yellowstone Conservation District …………………………………………………. 180 Appendix E, (Lower Missouri Conservation District Reservations).……………. 183 Blaine County Conservation District ………………………………………………. 184 Carter County Conservation District ………………………………………………. 186 Daniels County Conservation District …………………………………………….. 188 Liberty County Conservation District ……………………………………………… 190 Little Beaver Conservation District ………………………………………………… 193 ii McCone County Conservation District ……………………………………………. 195 Richland County Conservation District ………………………………………….. 198 Roosevelt County Conservation District ………………………………………… 201 Sheridan County Conservation District …………………………………………. 204 Valley County Conservation District ……………………………………………… 207 Wibaux County Conservation District …………………………………………… 210 Appendix F, (Upper Missouri Conservation District Reservations)…………… 212 Broadwater Conservation District ………………………………………………… 213 Cascade County Conservation District ………………………………………….. 214 Choteau County Conservation District ………………………………………….. 217 Fergus County Conservation District …………………………………………….. 220 Gallatin County Conservation District …………………………………………… 223 Glacier County Conservation District ……………………………………………. 224 Jefferson Valley Conservation District ………………………………………….. 227 Judith Basin Conservation District ………………………………………………… 228 Lewis & Clark Conservation District ……………………………………………… 231 Liberty County Conservation District ……………………………………………. 232 Lower Musselshell Conservation District ………………………………………. 235 Pondera County Conservation District …………………………………………… 238 Teton County Conservation District ………………………………………………. 241 Toole County Conservation District ………………………………………………. 244 Valley County Conservation District ……………………………………………… 247 Appendix G, (State & Federal Reservations)……………………………………………. 250 State of Montana, Trust Lands ……………………………………………………… 251 State of Montana, Dept. of Natural Resources, (DNRC) ………………… 254 Bureau of Reclamation ……………………………………………………………….. 257 Bureau of Land Management & Montana State Lands ………………… 263 Bureau of Reclamation …………………………………………………………………. 265 iii Project Description: The 2015 Montana Legislature enacted Senate Bill 330 which directed the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to conduct a 10–year review of existing state water reservations as outlined in Administrative Rules of Montana, (ARM), 36.16.120 by July 1, 2016 and provide a report to the Water Policy Interim Committee before September 15, 2016. These rules require that each reservant submit a report reviewing the objectives of the reservation, how these are being met, and provide information which the DNRC will use to assess the ongoing need for the reservation. On October 14, 2015 the DNRC sent a contact letter to each of the entities holding a reservation subject to review. The deadline for submission of the requested information was December 31, 2015. The DNRC compiled a list of questions, accompanying this letter, titled “Water Reservation Questionnaire” to help identify and answer the specific requirements outlined in ARM, 36.16.120. DNRC will consider the completed questionnaire a “report” as contemplated by the rules. ARM 36.16.120 reads: “Except for reservations for the purposes of maintaining a minimum flow, level, or quality of water or a reservation provided in 85-20-1401, MCA, the department shall review water reservations at least once every ten years to determine if the objectives of the reservation are being met..” The bulk of all water reservations in Montana, (including all that require review through this order), are associated with the following three Final Orders issued by the State of Montana Board of Natural Resources and Conservation, (now the DNRC). Yellowstone Final Order (Issued December 15, 1978) The Upper Missouri Final Order (Issued July 1, 1992) The Lower Missouri Final Order (Issued December 30, 1994)