Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 30 - Taking and Use of Groundwater
Subchapter 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 785:30-13-5 - Allocation of municipal water

(a) Allocation of all municipal water from beneath lands which are either inside or outside the corporate municipal limits shall be governed by 82 O.S. 1981, §§1020.1 et seq., as amended.

(b) When a municipality elects to invoke the provisions of §1020.21 (allocation of water from beneath platted lands), its allocation shall be based upon the amount of acres dedicated to the application which are platted and subdivided into lots within the corporate municipal limits and which overlie the basin or subbasin

(c) The Board shall issue the permit if the following additional conditions can be met:

(d) The requirements of this Section have no application to water allocated to municipalities from beneath unplatted lands either inside or outside the corporate municipal limits or the use of water from wells drilled by municipalities where groundwater rights were established under prior law unless the municipality elects to bring its use from such wells under provisions of 82 O.S. 1981, §§1020.1 et seq.

(e) A municipality may not allocate groundwater from beneath lands dedicated to a permit unless the municipality acquires ownership of that previously issued permit and changes the purpose of such permit to municipal use if necessary.