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Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment

Sponsor: Dawn Gile (District 33)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate groundwater augmentation; requiring groundwater augmentation to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is occurring or reasonably anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; requiring, by December 31 each year, the Department to report on the status of the Pilot Program; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHenry, KarenAA Co Department of Public WorksOral
FAVHunt, EthanAnne Arundel CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVVogel, BurrCity of AnnapolisWritten (PDF)
FAVSanderson, MichaelMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVOchsenhirt, LisalobbyistMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesWritten (PDF)
FAVBolton, CaitlinMetropolitan Washington Council of GovernmentsWritten (PDF)
FAVFleming, MatthewResilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel CountyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGile, SenatorIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMaguire, GussieIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Gile, Senator GilelegislatorIndividualOral
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FWAWilson, EmilyDepartment of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
FWABaker, Jeremy DMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association