85-2-342. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in 85-2-343 and this section, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Application" means an application for a beneficial water use permit pursuant to 85-2-302 or a state water reservation pursuant to 85-2-316.
     (2) "Ground water" means water that is beneath the land surface or beneath the bed of a stream, lake, reservoir, or other body of surface water and that is not immediately or directly connected to surface water.
     (3) "Nonconsumptive use" means a beneficial use of water that does not cause a reduction in the source of supply and in which substantially all of the water returns without delay to the source of supply, causing little or no disruption in stream conditions.
     (4) "Upper Missouri River basin" means the drainage area of the Missouri River and its tributaries above Morony dam.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 385, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 497, L. 1997.