Oklahoma § 82-1020.4 Hydrologic surveys and investigations.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 82-1020.4 — Hydrologic surveys and investigations.

Oklahoma § 82-1020.4

Title 82Waters And Water Rights

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.4 (2026).

Text

A.Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for major groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall make hydrologic surveys and investigations.

B.Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for minor groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Board shall prepare reports using information from hydrologic surveys and investigations of groundwater basins or subbasins having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and data from wells in such basin or subbasins and other relevant information.

C.The Board is authorized to cooperate with state, federal and tribal agencies engaged in similar surveys and investigations and may accept and use the findings of such agencies. At l

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A. Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for major groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall make hydrologic surveys and investigations. B. Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for minor groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Board shall prepare reports using information from hydrologic surveys and investigations of groundwater basins or subbasins having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and data from wells in such basin or subbasins and other relevant information. C. The Board is authorized to cooperate with state, federal and tribal agencies engaged in similar surveys and investigations and may accept and use the findings of such agencies. At least every twenty (20) years after issuance of the final order determining the maximum annual yield, the Board shall review and update if necessary the hydrologic surveys.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 4, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 164, § 9, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993; Laws 2018, c. 203, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.