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Bill to make groundwater mapping more accessible advances to committee layover
Summary
Senate File 3015 would expand DNR and MINGEO work to produce a user-friendly water availability atlas to help local governments and private developers evaluate high-capacity water uses. DNR cautioned maps are general and not a substitute for site-level hydrogeologic studies; the bill was laid over.
Senate File 3015 would fund a statewide water-availability atlas designed to make existing hydrologic and geologic mapping easier for cities, counties, engineers and prospective large water users to use in preliminary siting decisions.
Why it matters: Rapid siting of high-capacity water users such as bottling plants and data centers has heightened demand for accessible groundwater information; local governments often lack…
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