Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER

Part 3. Appropriations, Permits, and Certificates of Water Rights

Permit Not Required For Testing

85-2-369. Permit not required for testing. (1) Water testing or monitoring is not a beneficial use of water requiring the filing of a permit application.

(2) A permit is not required if the intent of a person is to conduct aquifer tests, water quality tests, water level monitoring, or other testing or monitoring of a water source.

History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 391, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 335, L. 2013.