85-2-508. Controlled ground water areas -- permits to appropriate. (1) A person may appropriate ground water in a controlled ground water area by:
     (a) applying for and receiving a permit from the department in accordance with part 3 of this chapter; or
     (b) following the requirements of an order issued pursuant to 85-2-507.
     (2) The department may not grant a permit if the withdrawal would be beyond the capacity of the aquifer or aquifers in the ground water area to yield ground water within a reasonable or feasible pumping lift, in the case of pumping developments, or within a reasonable or feasible reduction of pressure, in the case of artesian developments.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 237, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 452, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 172, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2918; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 161, L. 2005.