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Committee approves updated well-construction standards, eases low-temperature geothermal requirements
Summary
The committee approved revised well-construction rules (docket 370392401) that clarify casing and seal requirements, align definitions with other rules and allow certain low-temperature geothermal wells to be built to cold-water standards when bottom-hole temperature and flow criteria are met.
The Idaho Senate Resources and Environment Committee approved revised well-construction standards intended to protect groundwater and public health while easing some requirements for low-temperature geothermal wells.
Eric Boe, Water Compliance Bureau Chief and Rules Regulation Officer for the Department of Water Resources, said the chapter provides minimum construction standards for new wells and for modification or decommissioning of existing wells. The department emphasized the rules’ purpose is to “protect public health, safety, welfare, the…
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