Montana Title 85. Water Use § 85-2-508. Controlled ground water areas--permits to appropriate

(1) A person may appropriate ground water in a controlled ground water area by:

(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.