A well operator shall replace the water supply of any owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agriculture, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where the supply has been substantially disrupted by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the operator’s oil or gas operation.
Effective: July 15, 1994

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 353.597

  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Gas: means natural gas. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
  • Oil: means petroleum. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Well: means a borehole drilled or proposed to be drilled for the purpose of producing natural gas or petroleum, or one through which natural gas or petroleum is being produced. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010

History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.

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