§ 61-20-06 — Duties of the department of water resources

The department of water resources shall advise the citizens of the state as to the
practicability of measures affecting the underground waters of this state by:
1. Counseling, consulting, and assisting the owner to work out the most desirable control
and use of the owner's well.
2. Selecting at least three representative flowing wells in each county having that
number, and as many more as the department may deem advisable.
3. Causing the record of the wells' flows and pressures to be taken, from time to time, to
learn as much as possible of the decline, fluctuations, and permanence of the artesian
supply.

4. Planning and conducting other investigations as the department may find advisable to
ascertain the best method of prolonging the utility of the same.
5. Keeping a record of the location, size, depth, flow, size of flow, character of water,
construction, and history of all artesian wells of the state, and keeping the record on
file for public reference.
6. Securing the enforcement of all laws pertaining to artesian and phreatic waters of the
state.
7. Publishing bulletins containing information concerning the artesian wells and phreatic
waters of the state as often as the department deems advantageous.
8. Making any additional, reasonable rules governing artesian wells as the department
determines are necessary.