[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR226.24]

[Page 632-633]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 226_LEASING OF OSAGE RESERVATION LANDS FOR OIL AND GAS MINING
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Sec. 226.24  Lessee's use of water.

    Lessee or his contractor may, with the approval of the 
Superintendent, use water from streams and natural water courses to the 
extent that same does not diminish the supply below the requirements of 
the surface owner from whose land the water is taken. Similarly, Lessee 
or his contractor may use water from reservoirs formed by the 
impoundment of water from such

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streams and natural water courses, provided such use does not exceed the 
quantity to which they originally would have been entitled had the 
reservoirs not been constructed. Lessee or his contractor may install 
necessary lines and other equipment within the Osage Mineral Estate to 
obtain such water. Any damage resulting from such installation shall be 
settled as provided in Sec. 226.21.