SF 4432 Summary

• Appropriates funds in fiscal year 2021 to the commissioner of natural resources and University of Minnesota Minnesota Geological Survey to establish a pilot program for safe and sustainable drinking water using county geologic atlas data.

• Requires selection of a multicounty pilot area with completed geological atlases and a regional aquifer or watershed to synthesize and display geologic data on an aquifer or watershed basis rather than county basis.

• Mandates construction of a flow model to determine the water budget for the pilot aquifer or watershed and establish prudential limits on sustainable water appropriations.

• Requires submission of a plan by October 1, 2021 to legislative committees summarizing pilot program results and providing a plan with funding options for similar efforts across all major state aquifers.

• Appropriates funds in fiscal year 2021 to the commissioner of agriculture and commissioner of health to develop a plan by October 1, 2021 for monitoring wells and private well owner education in areas vulnerable to groundwater contamination from nitrate and other chemicals.