Presidential Decree No. 1067, s. 1976 | Official Gazette of the Republic o... https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/12/31/presidential-decree-no-10... Such permits shall specify the maximum amount of water which may be diverted or withdrawn, the maximum rate of diversion or withdrawal, the time or times during the year when water may be diverted or withdrawn, the point or points of diversion or location of wells, the place of use, the purposes for which water may be used and such other requirements the Council deems desirable. ARTICLE 19. Water rights may be leased or transferred in whole or in part to another person with prior approval of the Council, after due notice and hearing. ARTICLE 20. The measure and limit of appropriation of water shall be beneacial use. Beneacial use of water is the utilization of water in the right amount during the period that the water is needed for producing the beneats for which the water is appropriated. ARTICLE 21. Standards of beneacial use shall be prescribed by the Council for the appropriator of water for different purposes and conditions, and the use of waters which are appropriated shall be measured and controlled in accordance therewith. Excepting those for domestic use, every appropriator of water shall maintain water control and measuring devices, and keep records of water withdrawal. When required by the Council, all appropriators of water shall furnish information on water use. ARTICLE 22. Between two or more appropriators of water from the same sources of supply, priority in time of appropriation shall give the better right, except that in times of emergency the use of water for domestic and municipal purposes shall have a better right over all other uses; Provided, That where water shortage is recurrent and the appropriator for municipal use has a lower priority in time of appropriation, then it shall be his duty to and an alternative source of supply in accordance with conditions prescribed by the Council. ARTICLE 23. Priorities may be altered on grounds of greater beneacial use, multi-purpose use, and other similar grounds after due notice and hearing, subject to payment of compensation is proper cases. ARTICLE 24. A water right shall be exercised in such a manner that the rights of third persons or of other appropriators are not prejudiced thereby. ARTICLE 25. A holder of a water permit may demand the establishment of easements necessary for the construction and maintenance of the works and facilities needed for the beneacial use of the waters to be appropriated subject to the requirements of just compensation and to the following conditions: a. That he is the owner, lessee, mortgagee or one having real right over the land upon which he proposes to use water; and 6 of 21 31.05.21, 19:45