Alaska § 27.21.930 - Water rights and replacement.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 27.21.930 — Water rights and replacement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27.21.930. Water rights and replacement.
(a) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect the right of a person to protect the person's interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation.
(b) An operator shall replace the water supply of an owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner's supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other beneficial use from an underground or surface source, if the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the operator's surface coal mining operation.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27.21.930 ("Water rights and replacement.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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