§ 14-25-3-4 — Restricted use areas; designation

Indiana § 14-25-3-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 25: WATER RIGHTS AND RESOURCES
• Ch. 3: Water Rights; Ground Water

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(a) The department may by rule or order, when
the department has reason to believe it is necessary and in the public
interest, designate certain areas of Indiana where the withdrawal of
ground waters exceeds or threatens to exceed natural replenishment as
restricted use areas. Before the department designates an area as a
restricted use area, the department shall do the following:
(1) Have surveys made of the ground water resources of the area.
(2) Determine the safe annual yield of the basin.
(b) The department may do the following:
(1) Cooperate with the agencies of the federal government
engaged in making ground water surveys.
(2) Accept and use the findings of other agencies of the federal
and state governments as a basis of the department's decisions.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.