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DRILLING AND USE OF WELLS FOR DRAINAGE OR RECOVERY PURPOSES
EXCEPTED. The excavation and opening of wells and the withdrawal of water
therefrom for the sole purpose of improving or preserving the utility of land
by draining them shall not be forbidden or governed by this act, and,
likewise, there shall be excepted from the provisions of this act the
excavation and opening of wells and withdrawal of water therefrom by canal
companies, irrigation districts, and other owners of irrigation works for the
sole purpose of recovering ground water resulting from irrigation under such
irrigation works for further use on or drainage of lands to which the
established water rights of the parties constructing the wells are
appurtenant; providing that the drilling of such wells shall be subject to the
licensing provisions of section 42-238, Idaho Code.

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