2020 Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 52 - GROUND WATER DISTRICTS
Section 42-5225 - AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE GROUND WATER RECHARGE OR STORAGE PROJECT.
42-5225. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE GROUND WATER RECHARGE OR STORAGE PROJECT. Any ground water district organized under the laws of this state is authorized in section 42-234, Idaho Code, to file an application with the department to acquire water rights or to appropriate the unappropriated waters of the state for the purpose of storing waters in, or recharging, ground water basins within the district to aid in the efficient irrigation of district lands, to serve domestic, commercial, municipal or industrial uses within the district, or to carry out a mitigation plan. Upon approval of the application for permit by the director, the district shall proceed in the manner provided by law to construct and operate the ground water storage or recharge project. The construction and operation of the project shall be subject to such additional conditions and limitations as shall be imposed by the director pursuant to sections 42-203A, 42-222 and 42-234, Idaho Code.
History:
[42-5225, added 1995, ch. 290, sec. 1, p. 995; am. 2009, ch. 242, sec. 4, p. 744.]
