R655-16-1. Authority

  Section 73-1-3 declares, "Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to the use of water in this state."

  Subsection 73-2-1(3) declares, "The State Engineer shall be responsible for the general administrative supervision of the waters of the state and the measurement, appropriation, apportionment, and distribution of those waters."

  Subsection 73-2-1(5)(e) authorizes the State Engineer to make rules governing the form and content of applications and related documents, maps and reports.

  Subsection 73-3-3(4)(b)(vii) requires the State Engineer to supply an application form for the permanent or temporary change of a water right which shall set forth, among other information, "the place, purpose, and extent of the present use."

  Section 73-3-16 requires applicants to submit proof of appropriation or permanent change including, among other information, "a map showing the place of use", "the nature and extent of the completed works" and "the method of applying the water to beneficial use".

  Section 73-3-20(2) states "The state engineer may require the owner of record of an approved exchange application to provide information concerning ... the extent to which the development under the exchange has occurred and other information the state engineer considers necessary ... to arrive at the quantity of water being exchanged."

  Section 73-5-8 states, "Every person using water from any river system or water source, when requested by the State Engineer, shall within 30 days after such request report to the State Engineer in writing: (1) the nature of the use of any such water; (2) the area on which it is used; (3) the kind of crops grown; and (4) water elevations on wells or tunnels and quantity of underground water used."