<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:02:05:07 Observation well measurements to be used to determine the need for regulation.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:05:07"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:05:07 Observation well measurements to be used to determine the need for regulation."> <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>74:02:05:07.&nbsp;&nbsp;Observation well measurements to be used to determine the need for regulation.</b> When regulating water withdrawals by large-capacity wells and in determining the availability of unappropriated water for an application for a permit to appropriate water, the board shall rely upon the record of observation well measurements in addition to other data to determine that the quantity of water withdrawn annually from the aquifer does not exceed the estimated average annual recharge to the aquifer.</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;52:01:05:07, effective July 1, 1979; 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=46-1-2">46-1-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2-11">46-2-11</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2A-6">46-2A-6</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></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>