1.   Groundwater conservation districts have the option of paying an annual fee.

2.   The measure also would streamline the formation of new groundwater districts, which can regulate pumping within their jurisdictions.

3.   Commissioners last week approved an ordinance allowing farmers in Bonneville and Jefferson counties in central Idaho to vote on whether they want to create a groundwater district.

4.   Norm Semanko, a Twin Falls attorney representing Magic Valley surface water irrigators, is not troubled by the creation of groundwater districts.