Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The
Commission is authorized to monitor, by installing or causing to be installed
on each well in the District, systems and technologies to allow for remote
monitoring of flow volumes:
1. the Capital
Area Groundwater Conservation Commission is authorized to enter the well
owner's property for the purpose of installing, monitoring, recalibrating,
and/or maintaining the specific systems and technologies;
2. the system shall record the yield of each
well, and report flow volumes remotely to a data management system maintained
by the Commission;
3. the Capital
Area Groundwater Conservation Commission shall control the powering and
maintenance of the system; and is authorized to recalibrate the meters
periodically as required by affiliates or subcontractors of the Commission;
and
4. the costs associated with
the specific systems and technologies which allow for remote monitoring of
flows will be included in the pumping fee assessed to users.
B.
1. Owners of existing wells shall continue to
report flow volumes utilizing methods indicated below until the systems and
technologies referenced in subsection A or D are installed and the flow volumes
are provided through the new system:
a.
install a metering device that records and "totals" the yield of the well;
or
b. measure well yield or rate
under normal pressure to permit the calculation of the "total" yield of the
well for a given period of time; or
c. design and construct into the discharge
line of water well a bypass line that can be used to periodically measure the
flow of the well discharges to the atmosphere, using a measuring device such as
a portable or permanently installed orifice plate and manometer.
2. If a method in Subparagraphs b
or c is used, an hour meter or exact records shall be used and/or maintained to
record the number of hours the well is pumped for a stated period of
time.
C. If there is a
discrepancy or inconsistency between the owner's meter and the commission's
meter, the owner may require the commission to hire an independent contractor
to verify the accuracy of the commission's meter at the owner's
expense.
D. At the commission's
sole discretion, the commission may install a manual meter in lieu of remote
monitoring system.
E. New wells
completed after the remote monitoring system is fully implemented will not be
issued a permit to operate the well until the metering system is
installed.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
38:3076(14) and
38:3079. Amended in accordance
with R.S.
38:3076.A.(7), (8), (9), (10), (13), (14)(a),
(14)(b), (17), (18), and 38:3076.E.
