{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1020.2a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.2A","heading":"Taking and use of water from aquifers - Permits","body":"A. The storage and recovery of water from an aquifer, pursuant\n\nto a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan approved by the\n\nOklahoma Water Resources Board, shall be considered a beneficial use\n\nand not waste. Except as provided in this section and Section\n\n1020.15 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the provisions of this\n\nact shall not apply to the taking and use of water stored in an\n\naquifer pursuant to such a plan.\n\nB. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate and\n\nimplement rules for the taking and use of water stored in an aquifer\n\npursuant to a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan,\n\nincluding the issuance of permits for the taking and use of such\n\nwater and for the approval of such site-specific aquifer storage and\n\nrecovery plans. Rules related to the approval of site-specific\n\naquifer storage and recovery plans shall mandate, in addition to\n\nrequirements necessary to demonstrate that the requested amount of\n\nstored water is available for recovery, the spacing of wells\n\nnecessary to ensure that the storage and recovery of water permitted\n\nunder this section shall not interfere with any domestic or\n\npermitted groundwater use in the basin.\n\nC. A permit to take and use water stored in an aquifer pursuant\n\nto a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan shall only be\n\ngranted if substantive evidence accompanying the application\n\ndemonstrates:\n\n1. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has approved the site-\n\nspecific aquifer storage and recovery plan;\n\n2. The applicant has legal access to the water stored in the\n\naquifer pursuant to the plan;\n\n3. The applicant or its successor in interest stored or caused\n\nto be stored said water pursuant to and in compliance with any\n\nrequired authorization issued by the Oklahoma Department of\n\nEnvironmental Quality that is intended to protect water quality; and\n\n4. The stored water is available for use in the applied for\n\namount during the period covered by, and in the manner described in,\n\nthe proposed permit.\n\nD. Any permitted use of water stored in an aquifer under this\n\nsection is in addition to any domestic use authorized under Section\n\n1020.3 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any other use\n\nauthorized pursuant to a permit issued under Section 1020.11 of\n\nTitle 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nE. Any permit issued under this section shall specify the\n\nlocation of the permitted well or wells and other terms and\n\nconditions as specified by the Board including, but not limited to,\n\nthe rate of withdrawal, the level of perforating and the level of\n\nsealing the well.","path":["OK Code","Title 82"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os82.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e8f28c26e8f139dbc01ee6798eed3ae69677278755808e30224dc9100103885b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1020.23","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-1020.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}