GROUNDWATER

See also UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Appropriation and impoundments

Commissioner powers and duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.287

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.287

Limits on, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.271, 103G.287

Permits

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2021 116D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.287

Silica sand projects, Minn. Statutes 2021 116C.991

Water and Soil Resources Board, inventories, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.305

Aquifers, see AQUIFERS

Clean Water Legacy Act, Minn. Statutes 2021 114D.05 to 114D.50

Conservation

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.2372

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2021 116C.76

Wells, waste prevention, Minn. Statutes 2021 103I.103

Contamination

Fertilizers, action to protect from, Minn. Statutes 2021 18C.201

Liability, sealed wells, Minn. Statutes 2021 103I.325

Pesticides, prevention, Minn. Statutes 2021 18B.10

Wells, see Contamination under WELLS

Definitions

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2021 18C.005

Groundwater protection, Minn. Statutes 2021 103H.005

Local water planning, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.305

Metropolitan water planning, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.205

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2021 18B.01

Radioactive waste, Minn. Statutes 2021 116C.75

Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Act, Minn. Statutes 2021 103F.511

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2021 115.01

Degradation

Identification, degraded groundwater, Minn. Statutes 2021 114D.20, 114D.35

Prevention and restoration, Minn. Statutes 2021 114D.20, 114D.35

Prevention goal, policy of the state, Minn. Statutes 2021 103H.001, 114D.10

Displacement for underground storage, see UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES

Driftless area water resources, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.217

Environment, groundwater defined as

Fertilizer, Soil Amendment, and Plant Amendment Law, Minn. Statutes 2021 18C.005

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2021 18B.01

Environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2021 116D.04

Environmental Quality Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.43

Groundwater management areas, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.287

Groundwater thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2021 103I.005, 103I.208, 103I.621

Irrigation, source for, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.271

Liability, sensitive groundwater areas, degradation, Minn. Statutes 2021 103H.111

Metropolitan counties, groundwater planning, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.255

Mined underground space, Minn. Statutes 2021 103I.661

Monitoring

Reports about, Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2021 103H.175

Wells, see Environmental wells under WELLS

Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.287

Nitrates, land management information system, data on, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.403

Once-through cooling systems, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.005, 103G.271

Planning, metropolitan counties, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.255

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.204, 103I.001

Pollution, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Radioactive waste, protection from, Minn. Statutes 2021 116C.76

Reports about, groundwater policy, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.204

Sensitive groundwater areas

Degradation, liability, Minn. Statutes 2021 103H.111

Reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program, Minn. Statutes 2021 103F.518

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2021 103F.511, 103F.515

Silica sand projects, environmental assessment worksheets, Minn. Statutes 2021 116C.991

State agencies, areas of responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2021 103A.204

State review agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.255

Sustainability standard, Minn. Statutes 2021 103G.265, 103G.287

Thermal exchange devices, Minn. Statutes 2021 103I.005, 103I.208, 103I.621

Underground water pollution, see UNDERGROUND WATER POLLUTION

Wells, see WELLS

Wetlands

Public value determination, Minn. Statutes 2021 103B.3355

Required attributes, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2021 273.11