{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-2-369","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-2-369","heading":"Permit not required for testing.","body":"(1) Water testing or monitoring is not a beneficial use of water requiring the filing of a permit application.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER","Part 3. Appropriations, Permits, and Certificates of Water Rights"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0690/0850-0020-0030-0690.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:16Z","sha256":"2ed3ce100cd0f62565737f6b6c1123d05e373ccda7e2e923081ffbf02dc7e0fc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-2-368","next":"us-mt/85-2-370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}