27 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 31 - Water Resources Planning
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Subchapter B. Water Resources Planning
- Section 3111 - State Water Plan
(a) Preparation and adoption.--In accordance with this chapter and with ongoing consultation with the Statewide committee and the department, each regional committee shall guide...
- Section 3112 - Plan Contents
(a) General rule.--The State water plan and regional plan shall include: (1) An inventory of the surface water resources of each region of this...
- Section 3113 - Regional Committees
(a) Creation.--There is created within the department a regional committee for each of the following regions in this Commonwealth: (1) The watershed drainage area...
- Section 3114 - Statewide Water Resources Committee
(a) Establishment.--There is established within the department the Statewide Water Resources Committee. The purpose of the committee is to coordinate the development of the...
- Section 3115 - Development, Adoption, Amendment And Periodic Review Of State Water Plan
§ 3115. Development, adoption, amendment and periodic review of State water plan. (a) Preparation of State water plan.-- (1) A State water plan shall...
- Section 3116 - Use Of Plan
(a) General use of plan.--The State water plan is intended to serve as a policy and guidance document, providing information, objectives, priorities and recommendations...
- Section 3117 - Statewide Data System
(a) General rule.--In cooperation with the Compact Basin Commissions and Federal, State and regional agencies with responsibilities relating to water resources management, the department...
- Section 3118 - Water Use Registration And Reporting
(a) Interim registration program.--Pending the adoption of regulations for registration and reporting under subsection (b), each public water supply agency and each hydropower facility,...
- Section 3119 - Confidential Information
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), information required to be submitted to the department under this chapter shall be subject to the...
- Section 3120 - Water Conservation
(a) Technical assistance center.--The department shall establish and maintain a water resources technical assistance center to promote voluntary water conservation and to provide technical...
- Section 3121 - Grants
(a) Authorization.--The department is authorized to provide grants for the following purposes: (1) Reimbursement of up to 75% of the cost of preparing a...
Subchapter C. Administration and Enforcement
- Section 3131 - Administration
(a) Use of funds.--The department shall use fees collected from the use of the Statewide data system to defray the reasonable costs of administering...
- Section 3132 - Public Nuisance
(a) General rule.--A violation of this chapter or an order or regulation under this chapter shall constitute a public nuisance. (b) Applicability of other...
- Section 3133 - Enforcement Orders
(a) Issuance.--The department may issue orders necessary to aid in the enforcement of this chapter. An order may be issued if the department finds...
- Section 3134 - Civil Remedies
(a) Abatement of nuisances.--An activity or condition declared to be a public nuisance under section 3132 (relating to public nuisance) shall be restrained or...
- Section 3135 - Preservation Of Rights And Remedies
--The collection of a penalty under this chapter shall not be construed as estopping the Commonwealth, a municipality or an authorized agency from proceeding...
- Section 3136 - Relation To Other Laws
(a) Limitations upon department.--Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize, diminish or expand the existing authority of the department, including the...
Last modified: October 8, 2016