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Senate moves bill to allow permits for groundwater recharge and require listing of affected water rights
Summary
Senate Bill 20 would allow permits to place flood water into underground storage as a beneficial use and require the state engineer to provide lists of affected water rights and owner addresses when declaring groundwater management areas; the Senate advanced the bill by roll call.
Senator Stoll presented SB20 as a companion measure to other water bills addressing over‑appropriation. The bill would authorize obtaining permits to place flood water into underground storage (recharge) and treat that storage as a beneficial use for purposes of proving up water rights.
Stoll also said SB20…
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