This bill strengthens South Dakota's groundwater protection by requiring that annual groundwater withdrawals cannot exceed the annual recharge rate for any groundwater source. The change clarifies and reinforces existing law that already prohibited such over-withdrawal, with a narrow exception allowing water distribution systems to exceed recharge limits only when withdrawing from older, deeper geological formations below the Greenhorn formation.
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Failed, YEAS 16, NAYS 49. H.J. 197
House of Representatives Motion to amend H.J. 197
Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4. H.J. 11
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 103
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Do Pass Amended
Agriculture and Natural Resources — Do Pass