| (a) The executive director or commission shall consider
the following before issuing an individual permit, a general permit,
or an authorization by rule for an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)
injection well:
(1) whether the injection of water will comply with
the standards set forth under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 United States Code, §§300f, et
seq);
(2) the extent to which the cumulative volume of water
injected for storage in the receiving geologic formation can be successfully
recovered from the geologic formation for beneficial use, taking into
account that the injected water may be comingled to some degree with
native groundwater;
(3) the effect of the ASR project on existing water
wells; and
(4) whether the introduction of water into the receiving
geologic formation will alter the physical, chemical, or biological
quality of the native groundwater to a degree that would:
(A) render the groundwater produced from the receiving
formation harmful or detrimental to people, animals, vegetation, or
property; or
(B) require an unreasonably higher level of treatment
of the groundwater produced from the receiving geologic formation
than is necessary for the native groundwater in order to render the
groundwater suitable for beneficial use.
(b) Upon completion of an ASR injection well, the following
information shall be submitted to the executive director within 30
days of receipt of the results of all analyses and test results:
(1) as-built drilling and completion data on the well;
(2) all logging and testing data on the well;
(3) formation fluid analyses;
(4) injection fluid analyses;
(5) injectivity and pumping tests determining well
capacity and reservoir characteristics;
(6) hydrogeologic modeling, with supporting data, predicting
mixing zone characteristics and injection fluid movement and quality;
and
(7) other information as determined by the executive
director as necessary for the protection of underground sources of
drinking water.
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