Groundwater regulation limits
Summary
Residents are frustrated that heavy well pumping is dropping the water table, but state law gives counties almost no power over groundwater — only a groundwater conservation district could space wells out, and even those exemptions cover most domestic and ag wells. Commissioners said the Legislature may take up groundwater next session.
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Last discussed Mar 31, 2026.
Impact analysis
Potentially all residents if a groundwater conservation district or state action eventually curbs over-pumping.
Well owners near heavy irrigation pumping, whose water table has dropped.
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