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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 2022 103G.287

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

Limits on, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.271, 2022 103G.287

Permits

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2022 116D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

Silica sand projects, Minn. Statutes 2022 116C.991

Water and Soil Resources Board, inventories, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.305

Aquifers, see AQUIFERS

Clean Water Legacy Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 114D.05 to 2022 114D.50

Conservation

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.2372

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 116C.76

Wells, waste prevention, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.103

Contamination

Fertilizers, action to protect from, Minn. Statutes 2022 18C.201

Liability, sealed wells, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.325

Pesticides, prevention, Minn. Statutes 2022 18B.10

Wells, see Contamination under WELLS

Definitions

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2022 18C.005

Groundwater protection, Minn. Statutes 2022 103H.005

Local water planning, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.305

Metropolitan water planning, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.205

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2022 18B.01

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 116C.75

Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 103F.511

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.01

Definitions

Bulk pesticide storage, Minn. Rules 1505.3010

Groundwater protection, Minn. Rules 1573.0010

Public water supplies, Minn. Rules 4720.5100

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Rules 8400.3030

Degradation

Identification, degraded groundwater, Minn. Statutes 2022 114D.20, 2022 114D.35

Prevention and restoration, Minn. Statutes 2022 114D.20, 2022 114D.35

Prevention goal, policy of the state, Minn. Statutes 2022 103H.001, 2022 114D.10

Displacement for underground storage, see UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES

Driftless area water resources, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.217

Environment, groundwater defined as

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2022 18C.005

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2022 18B.01

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2022 116D.04

Environmental Quality Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.43

Exploratory borings, see EXPLORATORY BORING

Grants, see LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

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

Groundwater thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.005, 2022 103I.208, 2022 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 2022 103G.271

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

Liability, sensitive groundwater areas, degradation, Minn. Statutes 2022 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 2022 103B.255

Mined underground space, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.661

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

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

Monitoring

Reports about, Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 103H.175

Wells, see Environmental wells under WELLS

Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.287

Nitrates, land management information system, data on, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.403

Once-through cooling systems, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.005, 2022 103G.271

Planning, metropolitan counties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.255

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.204, 2022 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 2022 116C.76

Reports about, groundwater policy, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.204

Sensitive groundwater area, defined, Minn. Rules 8400.3030

Sensitive groundwater areas

Degradation, liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 103H.111

Reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program, Minn. Statutes 2022 103F.518

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2022 103F.511, 2022 103F.515

Silica sand projects, environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2022 116C.991

State agencies, areas of responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.204

State review agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.255

Sustainability standard, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.265, 2022 103G.287

Thermal exchange devices, permits, Minn. Rules 4725.1831

Thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.005, 2022 103I.208, 2022 103I.621

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 2022 103B.3355

Required attributes, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2022 273.11