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Appendix A: Narrative Description of State Water Use Data Collection Programs
Appendix A: Narrative Description of State Water Use Data Collection Programs
Pages 159-172
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Data are reported to the state annually for all public water supplies and for other all other water users whose withdrawal exceeds 100,000 gallon per day. Laws are applicable statewide with no difference between surface and groundwater.
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The state requires annual reporting of surface water withdrawals for permitted water rights for the first 10 years of the permit to substantiate water use. Once the permitted withdrawal is well documented, the permit holder is issued a "license" to withdraw from surface water sources and is required to submit a "report of licensee" once every three years that documents monthly withdrawals over the last three-year period.
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The state maintains a water use database for public water supply but not for other water use categories. Delaware has a water use permitting program, requires the collection of data, and maintains a water use database.
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Water use data are reported monthly, quarterly, or annually, depending on the water management district, with the exception of agricultural water use, which is collected only in some areas of the state. A database of latitude and longitude of public water supply users has been compiled, but similar location data are not generally available for other water use categories.
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Kansas has a water use permit program and collects water use data annually from all permitted water users. Annual reports for public water supply and industrial uses include monthly data.
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Public water supply data are recorded monthly and are reported annually for surface water and groundwater withdrawals for most public water utilities. Maryland has a water use permit program for public water supply, industrial, commercial, irrigation, and power water uses, but not for domestic and livestock water use.
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Michigan has the legal authority to register water withdrawals. Water use data are reported to the state for public water supply, industrial, and power use, but not for commercial, domestic, irrigation, and livestock with use.
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Surface water withdrawals in some basins, such as the Republican River basin, are reported to the state. Some information on public water suppliers is collected by the Nebraska Health Department.
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Public water supply data are collected statewide for
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, all water users withdrawing more than 100,000 gallons per day, or having a consumptive use of 2 million gallons over a 30-day period are inventoried by the state. The public water supply database stores annual water use data, is updated every three years, and includes latitude and longitude of the water withdrawal points, although some data are missing.
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The water use database is updated continually as new reports are received. Pennsylvania regulates public water supply only at the state level, with other categories of water use being regulated by the Delaware and Susquehanna River Basin Commissions, within the boundaries of those river basins.
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Rhode Island has the legal authority to permit or register water withdrawals for public water use only; it does not have this authority for any other usage category. The state requires collection of public water use data for users exceeding 100,000 gallons per day, regardless of whether the source is surface water or groundwater.
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Surface water withdrawals are monitored by river basin commissioners or local water entities. Well locations and surface water intakes are located by township-range-section but not by latitude and longitude.
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Wisconsin has the legal authority to permit or register water withdrawals for public water supply, industrial, and power use only; it does not have this authority for commercial, domestic, irrigation, or livestock use. Water use data are reported to the state annually for all public supplies, for industrial water users exceeding 100,000 gallons per day, and for all thermoelectric power facilities.
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