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s the driller and forwarded to the state engineer within thirty days following the completion of each well. H f e ' - 2 - FEES The fee for issuing a well driller’s license is <^5.00. The fee for the renewal of the license is W2.00 for each year. DEFINITIONS The definitions of the words and phrases used in the law and rules and regulations are as follows: ’’PERSON”- means any firm, partnership, association, company or corporation, municipal corporation, power district, political sub­divisions of this or any State or United States government agency. ’’ACQUIFER”- means a geological formation or structure that trans­mits water. 11 WELL” - an artificial excavation put down by any method for the purpose of withdrawing water from the underground reservoir. ”ARTESIAN WELL” - means a well tapping an aquifer underlying an imprevious material in which the static water level in said well stands above where it is first encountered in said aquifer . "WASTE” - means permitting an artesian well to discharge water unnecessarily above or below the surface of the ground so that the waters tiiereof are lost for beneficial use, or conveying water from a well by means of canal, ditch or pipeline whereby the loss of water in transit is more than 2Oyb of the amount of water discharged from said well, or in any event when over 20$ of the water discharg­ing from a well is lost from beneficial use.