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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 1020.7 (2026)

Application for permit to take and use groundwater

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Any person intending to use groundwater shall make application to the Board for an appropriate permit as provided in Section 1020.11 of this title before commencing any drilling for such purposes and before taking water from any completed well heretofore drilled. Such application to take and use groundwater shall be on a form provided by the Board and pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the Board. The application heretofore filed with the Board shall be used in granting permits for existing wells and the Board shall publish the notice of the hearing thereon. Laws 1972, c. 248, § 7, eff. July 1, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 12, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–2011 · leading case: Tarrant Reg'l Water Dist. v. Herrmann, 656 F.3d 1222 (10th Cir. 2011).
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Tarrant Reg'l Water Dist. v. Herrmann, 656 F.3d 1222 (10th Cir. 2011). “See Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 1020.7 . The groundwater permit process is separate from the surface water appropriation application process.”
Lowrey v. Hodges, 555 P.2d 1016 (Okla. 1976). “The applicant has complied with the provisions of 82 O.S.Supp. 1974, § 1020.7, in filing application No.”
Messer-Bowers Co. v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Water Resources Bd., 2000 OK 54 (Okla. 2000). “See Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 1020.7 (Supp.1998) ("Any person intending to use groundwater shall make application to the Board for an appropriate permit.”
Kline v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Water Resources Bd., 646 P.2d 1258 (Okla. 1981). “The applicant has complied with the provisions of 82 O.S.Supp.1976, § 1020.7 in filing applications numbered 77-638 through, and including, 77-646.”
State Ex Rel. Corp. Comm'n v. Texas Cnty. Irrigation & Water Resources Ass'n, 818 P.2d 449 (Okla. 1991). “82 O.S.1981, § 1020.7 provides in part: "Any person intending to use ground water shall .”
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