75-5-410. Water quality of return flows and discharges associated with aquifer recharge plan -- minimum requirements. (1) A person who proposes to use sewage from a system requiring a water quality permit for the purposes of aquifer recharge pursuant to 85-2-362 or plans to use sewage from a system requiring a water quality permit as a return flow to minimize the amount of water necessary to offset adverse effects resulting from net depletion of surface water through an aquifer recharge plan pursuant to 85-2-362 shall obtain a current permit pursuant to this chapter.
     (2) The minimum treatment requirements for sewage systems subject to this section are the federal requirements provided for in 40 CFR 133, and the system must meet, at a minimum, the requirements of level two treatment for the removal of nitrogen in the effluent.
     (3) In addition to the minimum treatment requirements of subsection (2), sewage systems subject to this section that are used for aquifer injection must meet the more stringent of either primary drinking water standards pursuant to Title 75, chapter 6, or the nondegradation requirements pursuant to 75-5-303 at the point of discharge.
     (4) The appropriate interim legislative committee shall review drinking water standards and effluent treatment standards in other jurisdictions and recommend appropriate treatment standards for purposes of aquifer recharge and mitigation.
     (5) For the purposes of this section, "aquifer injection" means the use of a well to inject water directly into an aquifer system without filtration through the geologic materials overlying the aquifer system for the purpose of aquifer recharge or for an aquifer storage and recovery project.

     History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 391, L. 2007.