S.D. Admin. R. 74:55:01:24

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 74:55:01:24 - Designation of exempted aquifers

The board may exempt an aquifer or a portion of an aquifer and designate it as an exempted aquifer if it meets the following criteria:

(1) It does not currently serve as a source of drinking water; and

(2) It cannot now and will not in the future serve as an underground source of drinking water for any of the following reasons:

(a) It produces minerals, hydrocarbons, or geothermal energy, or can be demonstrated by a permit applicant as part of a permit application for an in situ leach mine to contain minerals or hydrocarbons that considering their quantity and location are expected to be commercially producible;

(b) It is situated at a depth or location that makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically or technologically impractical;

(c) It is so contaminated that it would be economically or technologically impractical to render the water fit for human consumption; or

(d) It is located over an injection well mining area subject to subsidence or catastrophic collapse; or

(3) The total dissolved solids content of the ground water is more than 3,000 and less than 10,000 milligrams per liter and it is not reasonably expected to supply a public water system.

S.D. Admin. R. 74:55:01:24

8 SDR 71, effective 12/24/1981; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective 7/1/1987; transferred from

General Authority: SDCL 34A-2-93(15).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-2-10, 34A-2-11.