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ID SCR110
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Increases the state-funded Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) managed recharge goal from 250,000 to 350,000 acre-feet annually on average
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Endorses the 2024 Stipulated Mitigation Plan executed November 15, 2024, between the Surface Water Coalition (7 irrigation districts/canal companies) and 9 participating Groundwater Districts, superseding the 2015 settlement agreement
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Directs the Idaho Water Resource Board to revise State Water Plan policies 4B, 4D, and 4E and the ESPA Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan to reflect the new recharge goal
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Addresses declining aquifer levels that have returned to near-2015 levels despite conservation and recharge efforts, causing renewed water conflicts between groundwater and surface water users
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Aims to improve Snake River reach gains between Blackfoot and Minidoka Dam to protect existing water rights and minimize economic harm from water supply shortages
Legislative Description
States findings of the Legislature and supports the 2024 Stipulated Mitigation Plan between water users and revising the State Water Plan to establish an Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer recharge goal.
WATER
Last Action
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State
3/11/2025