42-1604. ARTESIAN WELL DEFINED. For the purposes of this chapter, an artesian well is defined as any well, as defined in subsection (b) of section 42-230, Idaho Code, which encounters pressurized ground water or low temperature geothermal resource under sufficient head to rise above the elevation at which it was first encountered whether or not the fluid flows at land surface. If the fluid level stands above land surface, the well is a flowing artesian well.
History:
[(42-1604) 1921, ch. 196, sec. 4, p. 399; I.C.A., sec. 41-1404; am. 1987, ch. 347, sec. 11, p. 754.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Section 42-1602 - UNNECESSARY FLOW UNLAWFUL — USE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
Section 42-1603 - APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF CONTROL DEVICE — APPROVAL NECESSARY.
Section 42-1604 - ARTESIAN WELL DEFINED.
Section 42-1605 - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE — INJUNCTIVE RELIEF — CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Section 42-1607 - INVENTORY OF ARTESIAN WELLS — PLUGGING WELLS.