{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-459b.202","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 459B.202","heading":"Distance requirements.","body":"1. Except as provided in subsection 3, the following shall apply:\na. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than five hundred feet away from the surface intake of an agricultural drainage well. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than one thousand feet from a wellhead, cistern of an agricultural drainage well, or known sinkhole.\nb. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed if the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure as constructed is closer than any of the following:\n(1) Two hundred feet away from a water source other than a major water source.\n(2) One thousand feet away from a major water source.\n(3) Two thousand five hundred feet away from a designated wetland.\nc. (1) A water source, other than a major water source, shall not be constructed, expanded, or diverted if the water source as constructed, expanded, or diverted is closer than two hundred feet away from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure.\n(2) A major water source shall not be constructed, expanded, or diverted if the major water source as constructed, expanded, or diverted is closer than one thousand feet from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure.\n(3) A designated wetland shall not be established if the designated wetland is closer than two thousand five hundred feet away from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure.\n2. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed on land that is part of a one hundred year floodplain.\n3. A separation distance required in subsection 1 shall not apply to any of the following:\na. A location or object and a farm pond or privately owned lake, as defined in section 462A.2.\nb. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure constructed with a secondary containment barrier. The department shall adopt rules providing for the construction and use of a secondary containment barrier.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 459B - DRY BEDDED CONFINEMENT FEEDING OPERATIONS","Subchapter II - DRY BEDDED MANURE STRUCTURES — CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/459B.202.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:11Z","sha256":"3207ff186d09d9012b8ddcec1582fd5a3f134205fdcf84aba16e9fbbc06993c7","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-459b.201","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-459b.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}