{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-2-508","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-2-508","heading":"Controlled ground water areas -- permits to appropriate.","body":"(1) A person may appropriate ground water in a controlled ground water area by:\n(a) applying for and receiving a permit from the department in accordance with part 3 of this chapter; or\n(b) following the requirements of a rule promulgated pursuant to 85-2-506.\n(2) The department may not grant a permit if the withdrawal would be beyond the capacity of the aquifer or aquifers in the controlled ground water area to yield ground water within a reasonable or feasible pumping lift, in the case of pumping developments, or within a reasonable or feasible reduction of pressure, in the case of artesian developments.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER","Part 5. Ground Water"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0080/0850-0020-0050-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:17Z","sha256":"0f10f86e8da7471587da000211be957c98ab5eb85cd6109a87d4168fc5008be3","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-2-507","next":"us-mt/85-2-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}