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• <br />3. For any new well to withdraw ground water from the Confined Aquifer <br />System, and if the point of diversion of the vested water right or rights <br />to be changed or permanently retired is a well that will continue to be <br />used, a totalizing flow meter or meters must be properly installed and <br />maintained by the applicant in accordance with the manufacturer's <br />specifications at the applicant's expense, properly calibrated at the <br />applicant's expense, and records of withdrawals from the well(s) must <br />be provided to the State Engineer at least annually. The Division <br />Engineer must approve totalizing flow meters in advance of their use <br />and shall establish a list of approved meters. The totalizing flow <br />meter(s) must be calibrated at the applicant's expense every four (4) <br />years by a tester certified by the State Engineer; however, the Division <br />Engineer may require the meter(s) to be calibrated more often due to <br />changed circumstances. The State Engineer may approve alternative <br />means of measuring withdrawals if the applicant can establish that the <br />alternative means are at least as accurate as measurement by a <br />totalizing flow meter. <br />4. Anew withdrawal of ground water from the Confined Aquifer System <br />shall not be allowed to cause fluctuations in artesian pressures in the <br />Confined Aquifer to fall outside of the ranges that occurred during the <br />period of 1978 through 2000, and average artesian pressure levels <br />similar to those that occurred in 1978 through 2000 shall be <br />maintained. <br />12 <br />