Water Rights for the Town of Stevensville, Public Notice

The Town of Stevensville has been working diligently on the towns water rights and the place of use for those water rights.  Through this process the town has completed paperwork and filed this paperwork with DNRC. Currently the review process of our application it taking place.

You may have received the document located below, if you did and have any questions please feel free to contact the Town Clerk, Jenelle Berthoud at 406-777-5271 ext. 102.

The town has provided a couple of answers to the section of the Public Notice "Proposed Change" "The Proposed Change Is To Add Two Wells".  

*The Town is not proposing to drill and pump new wells. Rather, the proposed change would authorize pumping from existing Wells 5 and 7 (of the Twin Creeks Well field) which have been pumping since ~2014.   The proposed change does not and cannot increase the already authorized flow rate and volume.

**The subject water right (76H 89376 00) currently authorizes pumping by Wells 1, 2, 3, and 6.

Since 2014, the Town’s primary water supply wells have been Wells 5, 6, 7, and 8 (i.e., the Twin Creeks Well field).

The proposed change would add points of diversion (i.e., existing Wells 5 and 7) to water right 76 89376 00 and formally allow that water right to serve an expanded place of use from the manifold distribution system.

The subject water right is an unperfected permit; the proposed change does not and cannot increase the already authorized flow rate and volume.