20220120 14174100 1.0 TRUE MinimumStreamFlow <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The complete GIS representation of state-protected waters includes three datasets: Minimum Lake Level, Minimum Stream Flow (Lines) &amp; Minimum Stream Flow Points. Idaho's Minimum Stream Flow Program was approved by the Legislature in 1978 to preserve stream flows and lake elevations for public health, safety, and welfare. The minimum stream flow is the amount of flow necessary to preserve desired stream values, including fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic life, navigation and transportation, recreation, water quality, and aesthetic beauty. Minimum stream flow water rights are held by the Idaho Water Resource Board in trust for Idaho citizens (Idaho Code, Title 42, Chapter 15). Any person or entity can make a request to the Idaho Water Resource Board to file an application for stream flow on any water body within the state. To be approved, a minimum stream flow water right must be in the public interest, must not adversely affect senior water rights, must represent the minimum flow and not the desirable flow, and must show the flow is capable of being maintained.</SPAN></P></DIV> IDWR Idaho Water Resource Board IWRB water resources planning protected streams minimum stream flows Portion of reaches that are protected by the State of Idaho & are longer than 1 mile in length. Shorter segments are represented as points. The complete GIS representation includes the datasets: Minimum Stream Flow Points & Minimum Lake Levels. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The Idaho Department of Water Resources is making this data available as a public service. The Idaho Department of Water Resources strives to ensure that all technical data and other information made available to the public is accurate, complete and in conformance with the Idaho Public Records Act.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Neither the Department of Water Resources nor the State of Idaho, however, assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this site.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Persons using information from this site for official purposes, or other purposes, for which accuracy and completeness are required, are hereby notified that they should first verify the information with the public records or other primary sources from which the information was obtained.</SPAN></P></DIV>