207.24  Water rights and replacement.

This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the right of any person's interest in water resources affected by a mining operation.

The operator of a mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner's supply of water for any legitimate use from an underground or surface source if the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the mine operation.

Section History: Early form

  [C81, § 83.24]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 207.24

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