85-2-501. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Aquifer" means any underground geological structure or formation which is capable of yielding water or is capable of recharge.
     (2) "Bureau" means the Montana state bureau of mines and geology provided for in 20-25-211.
     (3) "Ground water" means any water that is beneath the ground surface.
     (4) "Ground water area" means an area which, as nearly as known facts permit, may be designated so as to enclose a single and distinct body of ground water, which shall be described horizontally by surface description in all cases and which may be limited vertically by describing known geological formations should conditions dictate this to be desirable.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 280, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 307, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 452, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 167, Ch. 253, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2911(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 561, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 805, L. 1991.