{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-349.150","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 349.150","heading":"Protection of rights in water resources -- Responsibility of operators to","body":"protect and preserve water supply.\n(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting, in any way, the right of any\nperson to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his or her interest in water\nresources affected by a coalbed methane well or related operations.\n(2) The operator of a coalbed methane well shall replace the water supply of an owner\nof an interest in real property who obtains all or part of his or her sup ply of water\nfor domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or\nsurface source where the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or\ninterruption proximately resulting from the operation of a coalbed methane well.","path":["KRS Chapter 349"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32753","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:35Z","sha256":"2c96570a2b327b9aba8519088be35eb5a08336db1c95d92a462add2e5a831f26","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-349.145","next":"us-ky/krs-349.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}