MN HF3121

Appropriates unspecified funding from the general fund in fiscal year 2023 to the commissioner of health to develop a statewide drinking water safety action plan as a onetime appropriation.

Requires plan development in consultation with the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the commissioners of agriculture, natural resources, and the Pollution Control Agency.

Plan must include recommendations for protecting and improving drinking water through research, implementation, and outreach.

Plan must include recommendations for establishing or expanding a multiagency sentinel well network to detect water quality changes in vulnerable shallow aquifers serving private wells.

Plan must include recommendations for providing resources to well owners to identify hazards associated with aquifers and wells of particular designs and ages, with submission required by January 15, 2023.