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ID SCR136
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/16/2016
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Environment Committee
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AI Summary
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Establish a managed recharge goal of 250,000 acre-feet on an average annual basis across the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA)
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Develop capacity to achieve 250,000 acre-feet of average annual managed recharge on or before December 31, 2024
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Increase the Phase I target for state-funded managed recharge from 100,000 acre-feet to 250,000 acre-feet of average annual recharge across the ESPA
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Address declining ESPA water levels and storage, which have decreased by an average of 216,000 acre-feet annually since 1952, causing water supply shortages and economic harm
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Align with the 2009 Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan goal of 150,000 to 250,000 acre-feet average annual managed recharge and conjunctive management of the aquifer and Snake River
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and recognizing the need for managed recharge of the ESPA and resolving that the state establish certain managed recharge goals.
ESPA MANAGED RECHARGE
Last Action
Reported delivered to the Secretary of State on 03/23/16
3/23/2016