Stating findings of the Legislature and supporting the 2018 settlement agreement between the cities, the Surface Water Coalition, and members of Idaho Ground Water Appropriators; supporting state management through the ESPA Ground Water Management Area; and supporting the continued funding and implementation of efforts to stabilize and reverse the trend of declining water levels in the ESPA.
WATER -- Stating findings of the Legislature and supporting the 2018 settlement agreement between the cities, the Surface Water Coalition, and members of Idaho Ground Water Appropriators; supporting state management through the ESPA Ground Water Management Area; and supporting the continued funding and implementation of efforts to stabilize and reverse the trend of declining water levels in the ESPA.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This concurrent resolution expresses support for the settlement agreement between the cities, the surface water coalition and the members of the Idaho Ground Water Appropriators. The settlement resolves remaining issues, avoids curtailment, and maintains stable groundwater and surface water supplies on the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. The resolution further supports the continued efficient management of the water supplies within the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, and supports state management to ensure that water supply issues are timely addressed and declining water levels are stabilized and reversed.
LATEST ACTION
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:14 a.m. on March 15, 2019