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Committee advances bill to require hearings, Dec. 1 deadline for water-management methodology changes
Summary
Senate Resources & Environment Committee advanced Senate Bill 1061, which would require IDWR to give notice and hold a hearing before issuing a new methodology order for conjunctive management and to issue a final methodology no later than Dec. 1 before the year it takes effect.
The Senate Resources & Environment Committee advanced Senate Bill 1061 after supporters said the measure would add predictability to how the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) sets methodology for conjunctive management of surface and groundwater on the Eastern Snake Plain.
Sponsor Senator Julie Van Orden said the bill was designed to avoid repeating a 2023 change in which the director issued a revised methodology late in spring, after irrigation decisions had already been made. "A methodology order is akin to…
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