| (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 recharge (AR) 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 effect of the AR project on existing water
wells;
(3) the effect of the AR project on existing springs
and other surface features that connect to the injection interval;
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 before AR project initiation for the native groundwater
to render the groundwater suitable for beneficial use.
(b) Upon completion of an AR injection well, the following
information, as applicable, 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
the results of injection fluid interaction with the receiving formation
and the native groundwater, and predicting injection fluid movement;
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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