455B.267 - PERMITS FOR BENEFICIAL USE -- PROHIBITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

455B.267 PERMITS FOR BENEFICIAL USE -- PROHIBITIONS. 1. The director or the commission may issue a permit for beneficial use of water in a watercourse if the established average minimum water flow is preserved. 2. A use of water shall not be authorized if it will impair the effect of this chapter or any other pollution control law of this state. 3. A permit shall not be issued or continued if it will impair the navigability of any navigable watercourse. 4. A permit to divert, store or withdraw water shall not be issued or continued if it will unreasonably impair the long-term availability of water from a surface or groundwater source in terms of quantity or quality, or otherwise adversely affect the public health or welfare.          Section History: Early Form [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455A.22--455A.24; 82 Acts, ch 1199, § 21, 96]          Section History: Recent Form C83, § 455B.267 85 Acts, ch 7, §7; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1899A Referred to in § 455B.265A, 460.302