For the more information about water resources in the National Park Service, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/.


State Rulings and Court Decrees

Examples of State Administrative Rulings

Final Recommended Decision by the State of North Dakota to Issue a permit to divert water from the Little Missouri River directly upstream of Theodore Roosevelt National Park to irrigate a golf course (24,538 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Order 1169 which holds in abeyance many water right permit applications in the Southern Nevada carbonate-rock aquifers until further information can be obtained (1,317 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 4243 in the matter of the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area protest of Moapa Valley Water District water right permit applications 55450 and 58269 (44,489 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 5008 in the matter of the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area protest of Las Vegas Valley Water District water right permit applications 54073 and 54074 (41,907 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 5115 in the matter of the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area protest of Las Vegas Valley Water District water right applications 54075 and 54076 (63,028 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 5167 in the matter of the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area protest of water right change applications by various applicants in Lower Meadow Valley Wash (29,824 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 5181 in the matter of the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area protest of water right change applications by Lincoln County and Vidler Water Company, Inc. in the Tule Desert (56,266 kb pdf)

State of Nevada Ruling 5465 in the matter of the National Park Service, Death Valley National Park protest of water right applications by Las Vegas Valley Water District (5,036 kb pdf)

California State Water Resources Control Board Permit 21085 in the matter of National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area protest of water right application by Muir Beach Community Services District (1,655 kb pdf)

Examples of Court Decrees

Hovenweep National Monument Water Rights Decree with the State of Colorado (20,181 kb pdf)

Mesa Verde National Park water rights Decree with the State of Colorado (26,506 kb pdf)

Last Updated: January 03, 2012