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Agricultural Drainage Wells and Sinkholes (Iowa Code: Title XI - Natural Resources; Chapter 460)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Iowa
Type du document
Législation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Drainage/assèchement Forage de puits/puits Bassin/captage/bassin versant Eaux souterraines Eaux superficielles Fonds spécial Normes de qualité de l'eau Lutte contre la pollution Pollution des eaux douces Gestion des resources en eau douce Servitude Eaux continentales
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This chapter of the Iowa Code concerns agricultural drainage wells and sinkholes. It defines “agricultural drainage well” as a vertical opening to an aquifer or permeable substratum which is constructed by any means including but not limited to drilling, driving, digging, boring, augering, jetting, washing, or coring, and which is capable of intercepting or receiving surface or subsurface drainage water from land directly or by a drainage system. It provides that an owner of land on which an agricultural drainage well is located shall prevent surface water from draining into the agricultural drainage well. It further provides for preventing surface water drainage into agricultural drainage wells; closing of agricultural drainage wells and construction of alternative drainage systems; prohibition against constructing earthen storage structures; agricultural drainage well water quality assistance fund; agricultural drainage well water quality assistance program; and sinkholes conservation easement program.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.legis.iowa.gov