Treat Preexisting Groundwater Depletions Replaced

Due to rising groundwater levels since 2006, the bill specifies that the state engineer and water judges must treat all out-of-priority groundwater depletions from agricultural wells occurring in water districts 1 through 6 and 64 in water division 1 that accrued between March 15, 1974, and December 31, 2014, as having been fully replaced.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)