[Myrddin]

Pocatello operates off 5 big wells that serve the city water services to Pocatello/Chubbuck. Electrically driven, so a power outage becomes a water outage if it persists for some length of time. I really need to install a well on my property, but I have to check my water rights. One of my houses has surface water rights. Not certain of my main residence.

[familyop]

Maybe the following links will help. Look for the word, domestic. Usually the easiest way, though, is to call a water well driller and ask. Water well drillers tend to be more quick and clear about providing the information to you than government websites (usually easier to do than it looks from the government info). ;-)

And the well driller will most likely be the one to do the whole permit process for you. That’s the way it’s done in here anyway.

https://www.idwr.idaho.gov/AboutIDWR/PDFs/Wells.pdf

http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/WaterManagement/WaterRights/WaterRightsEstablish.htm

Look around more. That was from a very quick search. And remember that the driller will answer your questions much easier and quicker besides likely doing the application for you (as is done here). Be sure to let the driller know your acreage and any other pertinent info. And when the driller shows up, other info will need to be conveyed to him (location/distance of septic system from well if any and maybe other info). Hope that helps.

[familyop]

Oh, and ground water rights, at least here, are separate and more lenient than surface water rights.