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Senate advances bill to permit artificial groundwater recharge with technical safeguards
Summary
SB 71, to authorize regulated artificial recharge of aquifers and set permit conditions and penalties, passed to the third-reading calendar after technical amendments and floor debate over monitoring, treatment and notice to potentially impaired water users.
The Senate advanced Senate Bill 71, legislation to authorize artificial recharge of groundwater with permits, engineering requirements and safeguards intended to protect existing water rights and aquifer quality.
Sponsor Senator Finlayson described recharge as an emerging technology that would allow surface water to be stored underground during surplus runoff and pumped back when needed. He told…
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