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Water Withdrawals for Non-Agricultural Facilities

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The state's waters are used for domestic, municipal, agricultural, commercial, industrial, power, environmental and recreational purposes. Previously, only public water supply withdrawals required permits. The new law extends this requirement to all water withdrawal systems with the capability to withdraw 100,000 gallons per day or more ("threshold volume"). Such systems (with some exceptions) must be permitted and water use reported annually.

Please note that agricultural facilities use a slightly different threshold volume.

See the following web pages for details regarding regulations, permitting, reporting, conservation requirements, pumping tests and water well decommissioning.


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