<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:02:05:04 Establishment of special groundwater control areas authorized -- Criteria.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:05:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:05:04 Establishment of special groundwater control areas authorized -- Criteria."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>74:02:05:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;Establishment of special groundwater control areas authorized -- Criteria.</b> Where water withdrawals from an aquifer or portions of an aquifer are approaching the limit of average annual recharge or are causing chronic interference among wells, are resulting in excessive aquifer water surface drawdown, or are otherwise inhibiting optimum use of groundwater for beneficial purposes, a special groundwater control area, covering the aquifer or portions thereof, shall be established by the board.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, §&nbsp;1; transferred from §&nbsp;52:01:05:04, effective July 1, 1979; 9 SDR 68, effective December 7, 1982; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2-5">46-2-5.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2-9">46-2-9</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2-11">46-2-11</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-3.1">46-6-3.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-6.1">46-6-6.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-10A-5">46-10A-5.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>