GROUNDWATER

See also UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Angle of ambient groundwater flow, defined, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Appropriation and impoundments

Commissioner powers and duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.287

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.287

Limits on, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.271, 103G.287

Permits

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2024 116D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.287

Silica sand projects, Minn. Statutes 2024 116C.991

Water and Soil Resources Board, inventories, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.305

Aquifers, see AQUIFERS

Clean Water Legacy Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 114D.05 to 114D.50

Conservation

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.2372

Protection and management, Minn. Statutes 2024 103D.201

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2024 116C.76

Wells, waste prevention, Minn. Statutes 2024 103I.103

Contamination

Fertilizers, action to protect from, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.201

Liability, sealed wells, Minn. Statutes 2024 103I.325

Pesticides, prevention, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.10

Wells, see Contamination under WELLS

Definitions

Bulk pesticide storage, Minn. Rules 1505.3010

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.005

Groundwater protection, Minn. Statutes 2024 103H.005, Minn. Rules 1573.0010

Local water planning, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.305

Metropolitan water planning, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.205

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.01

Public water supplies, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2024 116C.75

Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 103F.511

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 115.01

Degradation

Identification, degraded groundwater, Minn. Statutes 2024 114D.20, 114D.35

Prevention and restoration, Minn. Statutes 2024 103D.201, 114D.20, 114D.35

Prevention goal, policy of the state, Minn. Statutes 2024 103H.001, 114D.10

Displacement for underground storage, see UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES

Driftless area water resources, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.217

Environment, groundwater defined as

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.005

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.01

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2024 116D.04

Environmental Quality Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.43

Exploratory borings, see EXPLORATORY BORING

Grants, see LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.287

Groundwater surface water interactions, goals, metropolitan watershed management plans, Minn. Rules 8410.0080

Groundwater thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 103I.005, 103I.208, 103I.621

Groundwater under influence of surface water treatment facilities

Construction, variances, Minn. Rules 4717.7000

Water supply, Minn. Rules 4717.7000, 4720.3920, 4720.3942

Hydraulic gradient, defined, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Irrigation, source for, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.271

Large electric power generating plants, use, restrictions, Minn. Rules 7850.4400

Liability, sensitive groundwater areas, degradation, Minn. Statutes 2024 103H.111

Metropolitan counties, comprehensive local water plan, defined

Metropolitan watershed management, Minn. Rules 8410.0020

Soil conservation cost-sharing program, Minn. Rules 8400.0100

Metropolitan counties, groundwater planning, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.255

Mined underground space, Minn. Statutes 2024 103I.661

Mixed municipal solid waste land disposal facilities, Minn. Rules 7035.2815

Monitoring

Reports about, Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2024 103H.175

Wells, see Environmental wells under WELLS

Monitoring, levels, public water-supply wells, pumping test requirements, Minn. Rules 4720.5520

Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.287

Nitrates, land management information system, data on, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.403

Once-through cooling systems, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.005, 103G.271

Planning, metropolitan counties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.255

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.204, 103I.001

Pollution, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Potential contaminant sources, defined, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Protection

Definitions, Minn. Rules 1573.0010

Hazardous waste, Minn. Rules 7045.0143, 7045.0484

Orders, Minn. Rules 1573.0050 to 1573.0070

Solid waste management facilities, siting, Minn. Rules 7001.3111

Radioactive waste, protection from, Minn. Statutes 2024 116C.76

Reports about, groundwater policy, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.204

Sensitive groundwater areas

Degradation, liability, Minn. Statutes 2024 103H.111

Reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program, Minn. Statutes 2024 103F.518

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2024 103F.511, 103F.515

Silica sand projects, environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2024 116C.991

State agencies, areas of responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 103A.204

State review agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.255

Sustainability standard, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.265, 103G.287

Thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 103I.005, 103I.208, 103I.621

Thermal exchange devices, permits, Minn. Rules 4725.1831

Time of travel, definitions, public water supplies, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Underground water pollution, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Wellhead protection areas, delineation requirements, Minn. Rules 4720.5510

Wellhead protection plans

Changes, impact, Minn. Rules 4720.5220

Data, groundwater flow, Minn. Rules 4720.5400

Quality, Minn. Rules 4720.5400

Quantity, Minn. Rules 4720.5400

Wells, see WELLS

Wetland replacement plans, Minn. Rules 8420.0515

Wetlands

Public value determination, Minn. Statutes 2024 103B.3355

Required attributes, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.11