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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The state's deadline is fast approaching for groundwater users to install flow meters at their wells that pump water from a southern Idaho aquifer.
The Times-News reports groundwater users who pump from the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer have until April 1 to install meters that measure the amount of water taken from the wells.
The Idaho Department of Water Resources issued the order in 2016 as part of an effort to replenish the diminishing aquifer.
Department officials say about 5,400 groundwater wells were subject to the order. About 60 percent of the required users have installed meters.
Department watermaster Nathan Erickson says those not in compliance by the deadline will be required to submit a plan on reaching compliance to the department.
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