61-20 Artesian Wells
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 61-20ARTESIAN WELLS61-20-01. Valve or valves required on artesian well - Flow permitted from artesianwells - Preventing flow.Every person, stock company, association, corporation, or limitedliability company owning or controlling the real estate upon which is located an artesian or flowing<br>well shall provide for each such well a valve or valves capable of controlling the discharge from<br>such well and shall keep such valve or valves so adjusted that only such supply of water shall<br>escape as is necessary for ordinary use by the owner, or the person in control, of such land, in<br>conducting the owner's or person's business. In the winter, such flow may be permitted as will<br>prevent freezing of the well, and when it is necessary, a sufficient flow may be allowed for the<br>purposes of developing the well. The owner of an artesian well shall be required, by means of<br>the construction of a reservoir or otherwise, to prevent the flow of the owner's well from running<br>upon land belonging to another or from running into any ditch along any public highway except a<br>regularly established drainage ditch.61-20-02.Drilling artesian or flowing well - Requirements.Every person, stockcompany, association, corporation, or limited liability company that shall drill an artesian or<br>flowing well shall comply with the rules of the state engineer regarding such activity.61-20-03. Wild wells. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to a wild well, or a wellout of control, except that if it is determined by the state engineer that such well cannot be<br>repaired for use, no valve shall be attached, but every effort shall be made by the owner to seal,<br>plug, or cut off the same. Old wells which might be damaged by so doing need not be shut off,<br>but such wells shall be put in repair at the earliest possible date and shall be regulated thereafter.61-20-04.Artesian or flowing wells - Penalty for certain actions.The owner orperson in control of an artesian or flowing well, who:1.Allows it to flow without a valve or other device for checking the flow as required by<br>law, or without proper repair of pipes and valves;2.Interferes with the well, valve, or other device;3.Permits the water to waste unnecessarily; or4.Permits the water to run upon the lands of another or into the ditches along any<br>public road except a regularly established drainage ditch,shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the<br>officer or members of a board in charge of wells belonging to the state, or any county, township,<br>or municipality.61-20-05. Township and county assessors shall list all artesian and flowing wellsannually - Forwarding data to state water commission.Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 598, </p>
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