New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 15 - WATER SUPPLY

• 15-1501 - Water Withdrawals; Permit.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in this title, no person who is engaged in, or proposing to engage in, the operation of a water withdrawal...
• 15-1502 - Definitions.
  When used in this title, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Coastal communities" shall mean those areas...
• 15-1503 - Permits.
  1. A permit application or request for a permit renewal or modification shall be made on forms prescribed by the department and shall contain all...
• 15-1504 - Water Withdrawals for Agricultural Purposes.
  1. Applicability. a. This section applies to withdrawals of water for agricultural purposes that have been registered with the department pursuant to the requirements of...
• 15-1505 - Interbasin Diversions and Water Supply to Other States.
  1. No person shall transport or carry through pipes, conduits, ditches or canals the waters of any fresh water lake, pond, brook, river, stream, or...
• 15-1506 - Transportation of Water by Vessel.
  1. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, no person or public corporation shall transport or carry by vessel, more than ten thousand...
• 15-1507 - Municipal Water Supply Reservoirs on Forest Preserve Lands.
  Any public corporation, now or hereafter empowered by law to construct and operate a publicly owned system for the supply of water for drinking, domestic...
• 15-1509 - Approval of Plans for Forest Preserve Reservoir Projects; Petition; Proceedings.
  1. Any publicly owned water supply project involving the construction of a reservoir on forest preserve lands must be submitted for approval to the department...
• 15-1511 - Procedure on Approval of Application With Respect to Forest Preserve Reservoir Projects.
  1. The decision of the department on an application shall be certified to the applicant. Thereafter, and at any time within five years of the...
• 15-1513 - Payment of Cost of Construction.
  1. The cost of any such project shall be certified by the department to the applicant and shall be paid by the applicant within thirty...
• 15-1515 - Supervision of Construction and Operation.
  1. All construction work which the Department of Environmental Conservation is authorized to undertake by virtue of the provisions of sections 15-1507 through 15-1519 shall...
• 15-1517 - Reservoir to Be Owned by the State.
  Any lands not owned by the state, but required for the purpose of the construction of the reservoir on forest preserve lands shall be acquired...
• 15-1519 - Reservoir to Be Kept in Repair.
  The reservoir and appurtenant works shall be kept in safe, sanitary and serviceable condition and to this end shall be repaired, remodeled or additional work...
• 15-1521 - Supply of Water to Other Public Water Supply Systems.
  On any application for a new or increased withdrawal of water for a public water supply system, the department may require or authorize the applicant...
• 15-1523 - Indirect Damages; Decision and Payment As to Rochester.
  1. Whenever the department shall decide that the execution of any water supply project by the city of Rochester will result in damages to persons...
• 15-1525 - Water Well Drillers in New York State to Obtain Certificates of Registration.
  1. No person shall engage in the business of water well drilling in the state of New York without first obtaining a certificate of registration...
• 15-1527 - Permit Required for Certain Wells in Long Island Counties.
  1. No person or public corporation shall hereafter install or operate any new or additional wells in the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau or Suffolk...
• 15-1528 - Moratorium on the Drilling of New Wells in the Lloyd Sands.
  1. The department is directed to identify those areas of Long Island within the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk which, for the purposes...
• 15-1529 - Approval of Completed Water Withdrawal Systems.
  The construction of any new or modified water withdrawal system authorized under this title shall be under the general supervision of a person or firm...

Last modified: February 3, 2019