Designation of a water supply service area by the Great Lakes Council

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a person operating a public water supply system must prepare a water supply plan, approved by the Department of Natural Resources, that shows the proposed water supply service area and an assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of carrying out the water supply plan, along with other information. Current law also provides that, if a public water supply system within a county that lies only partly within the Great Lakes Basin proposes to divert water from the Great Lakes Basin, the public water supply system's proposal for diverting the water must be approved by the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council. This bill provides that if the council approves a diversion area for such a public water supply system, that diversion area serves as the water supply service area in the water supply plan that the public water supply system submits to DNR. Under the bill, diversion areas designated by the council do not need to be consistent with an approved areawide water quality management plan for the planning area.

Who's behind it

Chris Kapenga, a Republican, is its author⁠.

3 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

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