Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 460 · 13 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agricultural drainage well” means a vertical opening to an aquifer or permeable substratum which is constructed by any means including but not limited to drilling, driving, digging, boring, augering, jetting, washing, or coring, and which is capable of…
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “department” means the department of natural resources.
Not later than December 31, 2001, all of the following shall apply: 1. a. An owner of land on which an agricultural drainage well is located shall prevent surface water from draining into the agricultural drainage well. The landowner shall comply with rules, which shall be adopted by the department, in consultation wit…
1. Not later than December 31, 2001, the owner of land which is within a designated agricultural drainage well area shall close each agricultural drainage well located on the land. The owner shall close the agricultural drainage well in a manner using materials and according to specifications required by rules which sh…
1. The department shall provide information regarding landowners registering agricultural drainage wells pursuant to section 460.302 to each county board of supervisors in which an agricultural drainage well is registered. 2. The department shall notify landowners of land on which an agricultural drainage well is locat…
A person shall not construct or expand an earthen storage structure within an agricultural drainage well area. Each day that a person operates an earthen storage structure which is constructed in violation of this section constitutes a separate violation.
1. a. A person who violates section 460.202 or 460.203 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. However, if a person is found to have violated a section and again violates the section by not taking action necessary to correct a previous violation within sixty days after the person was found…
The expenses incurred by a county in carrying out this subchapter shall be prorated among the landowners in the county who own land on which an agricultural drainage well is located. The amount shall be placed upon the tax books, and collected with interest and penalties after due, in the same manner as other unpaid pr…
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
1. An owner of an agricultural drainage well shall register the well with the department of natural resources by September 30, 1988. The department of agriculture and land stewardship, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A, which provide for an appeals proce…
1. An agricultural drainage well water quality assistance fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the division. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the division from the United States or private sources for placement…
1. The division shall establish an agricultural drainage well water quality assistance program as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the division pursuant to chapter 17A. The program shall be supported from moneys deposited in the agricultural drainage well water quality assistance fund created pursuant to sec…
1. The department shall develop and implement a program for the prevention of groundwater contamination through sinkholes. The program shall provide for education of landowners and encourage responsible chemical and land management practices in areas of the state prone to the formation of sinkholes. 2. The program may…