Status of Ground Water Banking in Idaho
@article{Contor2010StatusOG, title={Status of Ground Water Banking in Idaho}, author={B. Contor}, journal={Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education}, year={2010}, volume={144}, pages={29-36} }
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In the arid western United States, most water systems are fully allocated. Water for new uses must usually be obtained through reallocation of water that has already been claimed and assigned within prior appropriation. In Idaho, new allocations of ground water were made until approximately 1990. Since then, new uses have nearly always been met by reallocation, via prior appropriation water-rights transfers or the operation of the Idaho Water Supply Bank. Using number of allocations or… CONTINUE READING
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