42-3901 GROUND WATER AS PUBLIC RESOURCE -- PROTECTION. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 39

WASTE DISPOSAL AND INJECTION WELLS

42-3901. Ground water as public resource -- Protection. The legislature of the state of Idaho hereby declares the ground water of this state to be a public resource which must be protected against unreasonable contamination or deterioration of quality to preserve such waters for diversion to beneficial uses; that in order to protect such waters against contamination or deterioration in quality it is necessary that the construction and use of injection wells be controlled as provided in this chapter.