Summary


The District currently requires that, for each withdrawal facility or well used to withdraw water under a water use permit issued by the District, a permanent identification tag must be affixed to the withdrawal facility or well, regardless of the quantities authorized or whether the amounts withdrawn from the facility are reported to the District. Well identification tags serve as a compliance mechanism to ensure that water use permittees are using facilities authorized by the permit, and District staff conducts site visits to confirm that each well tag has been affixed to the proper facility. Staff has determined that it is no longer cost effective to require well tags or conduct compliance site visits if the quantities being withdrawn from a well are not required to be reported to the District or the withdrawal facility is not required to be metered. The proposed amendment will limit the requirement to affix identification tags to only those facilities that are required to be metered or for which withdrawal quantities must be reported to the District.